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Electromagnetic Interference and Cardiac Pacemakers

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Perioperative Management of Pacemaker Patients

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Pacemaker malfunction due to adverse effects of external factors on pacemaker function were first observed during the early phase of clinical pacemaker use. Lillihey, who used external (mains-powered) pacemakers for the postoperative management of children who had undergone cardiac surgery in the 1950s, lost patients due to mains failures in the Minnesota power plants. As a result, he asked his engineer, Earl Bakken, to design the first battery-powered cardiac pacemaker. This was the initial technical step towards making the function of pacemakers less dependent on external influences.

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  1. Dept. of Anesthesiology, Miwaukee Country Medical Complex, 8700 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, 53226, USA

    J. L. Atlee III

  2. Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Landeskrankenhaus Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 29, A-8036, Graz, Österreich

    H. Gombotz

  3. Abt. für Transplantationschirurgie, Universitätsklinik für Chirurgie, Auenbruggerplatz 29, A-8036, Graz, Österreich

    K. H. Tscheliessnigg

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Bourgeois, I.M.G. (1992). Electromagnetic Interference and Cardiac Pacemakers. In: Atlee, J.L., Gombotz, H., Tscheliessnigg, K.H. (eds) Perioperative Management of Pacemaker Patients. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76531-5_8

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