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To the Editor: The report by Santucci et al. (Nov. 5 issue)¹ provides another example of sources of interference with implantable defibrillators.² That this should occur is not surprising to anyone familiar with the sensing function of medical devices. Indeed, such systems have been falsely triggered by devices such as radio-controlled model cars and slot machines,³ electrocautery for unrelated surgery, and neural stimulators for pain control. Other devices and procedures that may be expected to inhibit the output of pacemakers or initiate inappropriate discharge of defibrillators include hair-removal (depilation) units and rapid-stimulation electromyography studies. In two patients with implantable cardioverter–defibrillators . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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