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Data on Cardiology Published by Researchers at Tampere University of Technology

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, May 13th, 2012

2012 MAY 13 -- New research, "Cardiac Pacemakers in Electric and Magnetic Fields of 400-kV Power Lines," is the subject of a report. According to the authors of a study from Helsinki, Finland, "The cardiac pacemaker (PM) implantation rate per million is high. Earlier studies have found interference to PMs by electromagnetic fields."

"The aim of the study is to investigate disturbances in cardiac PM using a human-shaped phantom in electric and magnetic fields of 400-kV power lines. The phantom was used in the following manner: isolated from the ground, grounded from left or right foot, or grounded from left or right hand. Out of the tested PMs one had such a...

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