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To the Editor: Regarding the editorial by Roelke and Bernstein (May 22 issue)¹ on electromagnetic interference with pacemakers caused by cellular telephones ²: We are concerned about the editorial's recommendation that physicians test patients with pacemakers and their cellular telephones in the office to assess the potential for interference. Such testing is likely to produce false negative and perhaps false positive results and thus has limited usefulness. To the extent that a false negative result induces an unwarranted sense of security in the physician and the patient, the testing could have serious adverse effects, particularly in pacemaker-dependent patients. If the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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