IPods change the heart rate

The iPod music player makes the pacemaker work poorly in 50% of heart attack patients, according to a study by an Okemos high school student in Michigan (USA), presented at the Heartbeat annual meeting. America in Denver.

Jay Thaker thinks the biggest concern is that the pacemakers record the patient's heart rate, and when the doctor looks back at the history of this heart rate, the doctor thinks the patient has an abnormal heart rhythm. Therefore, it is quite dangerous to treat patients with an ill condition.

In addition, if an iPod makes the pacemaker not work where the patient depends entirely on the device, the iPod may cause the heart to stop beating. Thaker also said that many other electrical devices, such as cell phones, microwaves, high-voltage lines, could also produce such effects. Therefore, he suggested not placing any electrical equipment near the pacemaker

Thaker and his team, including some Michigan State University doctors and the University of Michigan, put the iPod away from the chests of 83 patients at 5cm in 5-10 seconds. As a result, 29% of heart pacemakers are remotely interfered, 20% are overly sensitive. In one patient, the pacemaker stops working. In some cases, sports are recognized even when the iPod is set to 45cm away from the chest.

Thaker acknowledged that people with pacemakers rarely listen to music on the iPod, but because iPods are quite popular, people using a pacemaker need to be very careful.

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