Safety of Smartphones Among Patients With Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices
- Conditions
- Recipients of Implantable Pacemakers or Defibrillators
- Interventions
- Drug: Pacemaker and defibrillator
- Registration Number
- NCT01819896
- Lead Sponsor
- Deutsches Herzzentrum Muenchen
- Brief Summary
Over the past year smartphones have developed from a niche product to a commoditized product and are now squeezing classic mobile phones out of market. According to a survey a quarter of the German population is making use of a smartphone at present.
An interference between smartphones and the functionality of pacemakers or implantable defibrillators is rather unlikely but cannot entirely be excluded. A systematic study regarding a possible interference between smartphones and modern pacemaker- and ICD-system with a better shielding against external influence has not taken place so far. In this study the investigators intend to investigate any interference between different smartphones produced by different manufacturers and diverse cardiovascular implanted electronic devices.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 300
- Presence of an implantable pacemaker or defibrillator
- Lead malfunction which can not reprogrammed
- Battery depletion
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description pacemakers and defibrillators Pacemaker and defibrillator -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Interference of smartphones with cardiac implantable electronic devices acute study (no follow-up) Interference testing will be performed during routine follow-up of pacemakers or defibrillators and potential interference will be recorded by ECG.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Klinik für Herz- und Kreislauferkrankungen
🇩🇪München, Bayern, Germany