IPods And Similar Devices Found Not To Affect Pacemaker Function

Courtesy ScienceDaily Fri, 03/28/2008 - 22:00

Last May, a widely reported study concluded that errant electronic noise from iPods can cause implantable cardiac pacemakers to malfunction.

This just didn't sound right to the cardiac electrophysiologists at Children's Hospital Boston, who've seen hundreds of children, teens and young adults with pacemakers.

Their own just-reported study finds no effect of digital music players on pacemaker function.

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