Assessment of Electromagnetic Interference Between E-transportation and Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices

German Heart Center Munich

Status: Completed

Conditions: Electromagnetic Interference

Treatments: Device: Electromagnetic field

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02252575

GER-EP-014

Details and patient eligibility

About

E-Transportation is increasing all over the world. It is not known if the used engines interfere with cardiac implantable electronic devices. The study evaluates such potential interferences in vivo.

Full description

E-Transportation is increasing all over the world. It is not known if the used engines interfere with cardiac implantable electronic devices. The study evaluates different types of electric motors with regard to electromagnetic interference with implanted pacemakers or cardioverter-defibrillators.

Enrollment: 107 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• implanted cardiac implantable electronic device with regular function

Exclusion criteria

• implanted cardiac implantable electronic device with irregular function

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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107 participants in 1 patient group

Electromagnetic field

Experimental group

Description:

Exposure to the elctromagnetic field of an electric motor

Treatment:

Device: Electromagnetic field