Tablets can interfere with implanted defibrillators, stop hearts

by Larra Morris

Bloomberg is reporting on a 14-year-old student in Colorado who found herself presenting data to the Heart Rhythm Society meeting in Denver this week. Gianna Chien’s study of the effects of an iPad 2 on implanted cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) is making some waves among the medical community because it appears to demonstrate that in a statistically significant number of cases, close proximity to an iPad 2 can disable someone’s ICD and potentially lead to their death.
via Ars Technica

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Tablets can interfere with implanted defibrillators, stop hearts

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