Electromagnetic interference with electrocardiogram recording of exercise test equipment

Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2010 Jul;38(5):352-4.

Abstract

Herein, we report a case of pseudosinus tachycardia resulting from an electromagnetic interference between a mobile phone and treadmill device. Electromagnetic interference from a charging mobile phone connected to the same socket with the exercise device turned the recording of a patient to that of pseudosinus tachycardia at approximately twice the rate of actual basal heart rate. Removal of the mobile phone from the socket resulted in normalization of the electrocardiogram.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cell Phone*
  • Electrocardiography / instrumentation
  • Electrocardiography / radiation effects*
  • Electromagnetic Fields / adverse effects*
  • Exercise Test / instrumentation
  • Exercise Test / radiation effects*
  • Heart Rate
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tachycardia, Sinus / diagnosis
  • Tachycardia, Sinus / etiology*