Cardiac Pacemaker and Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Interference: Case Report in a Patient with Gastric Vascular Ectasias | Zendy

Antonietta Gerarda Gravina | Zendy; Rosamaria Bozzi | Zendy; Ilaria Romano | Zendy; Enrica Pezzullo | Zendy; Agnese Miranda | Zendy; Maria Gabriella Merola | Zendy; Martin Romano | Zendy; Angelo Maria Pezzullo | Zendy

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Cardiac Pacemaker and Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Interference: Case Report in a Patient with Gastric Vascular Ectasias

Author(s) -

Antonietta Gerarda Gravina,

Rosamaria Bozzi,

Ilaria Romano,

Enrica Pezzullo,

Agnese Miranda,

Maria Gabriella Merola,

Martin Romano,

Angelo Maria Pezzullo

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

wireless sensor network

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1945-3086

pISSN - 1945-3078

DOI - 10.4236/wsn.2010.23027

Subject(s) - capsule endoscopy , ectasia , medicine , capsule , endoscopy , cardiac pacemaker , cardiology , biology , botany

Wireless capsule endoscopy is a new endoscopic tool for the diagnosis and management of small bowel diseases. The main indication at present is the evaluation of GI bleeding of obscure origin, Crohn’s disease, coeliac disease and small bowel tumors. Studies suggest that capsule endoscopy is associated with few adverse events. Whether cardiac pacemaker may interfere with capsule endoscopy is still a controversial issue. We here report a case showing that there is a possibility of interference between the two procedures, cardiac pacemaker affecting the proper functioning of capsule endoscopy and that this is related to the distance between the pacemaker and the recorder

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