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Resetting of DDD Pacemakers Due to EMI
Author(s) -
BELOTT PETER H.,
SANDS STEVEN,
WARREN JAY
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1984.tb04882.x
Subject(s) - medicine , reset (finance) , electromagnetic interference , emi , telecommunications , computer science , financial economics , economics
Multiprogrammable pacemaker have long been subject to inappropriate reprogramming and electromagnetic interference (EMI). A limited clinical experience with DDD pacing systems precludes the significance of such phenomena in these units. Since August 1981, in a series of 140 DDD systems, certain units demonstrated consistent and reproducible resetting to the hack‐up modes caused by electrocautery. One unit was permanently reset to the VOO mode. These observations suggest the need for renewed caution at the time of surgery; they also underscore the importance of a thorough understanding of any DDD system and careful follow‐up so that such phenomena will not be misinterpreted as pacemaker failure, resulting in erroneous pacemaker removal.