pacesetter and iPods may not be idealistic bedfellow , according to a subject made by a 17 - class - older high - school scholar . Jay Thaker tested the gist of the Apple player on 100 seniors , median age 77 , who were fitted with the heart devices . When held just 2 inches from the patient ’s chest for five to ten seconds , electric preventative was observe in one-half of the cases . One pacemaker stop wholly , while others experienced interference even when the iPod was 18 inch aside .
Thaker , a student at Okemos High School in Michigan , who co - authored the news report with a long - clock time friend of his electrophysicist forefather , Dr Krit Jongnarangsin , concluded that iPod interference can lead physician to misdiagnose heart function . “ Most pacer patients are not iPod users , ” articulate the doctor in response to why the connection had not been made before . “ This needs to be studied more . ”
iPods can make Pacemakers malfunction[CNN.com ]
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