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11588756

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-5
pubmed:abstractText
Twenty percent of heart transplantation candidates have cardiac pacemakers. Application of neuromuscular electric stimulation (NMES) in patients with pacemakers is controversial because of potential electromagnetic field interference and subsequent failure of the pacemaker. We present a safety protocol as a procedure before applying NMES in pacemaker patients. In 4 patients with chronic heart failure, NMES was applied under supervised conditions for 20 minutes to evaluate the individual risk. No changes in the clinical state and no complications secondary to electromagnetic field interference were observed. A check of pacemaker function after this 20-minute stimulation revealed no changes in the pacemaker parameters. After a thorough safety protocol, NMES of knee extensor muscles in patients with pacemakers appears to be safe.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0003-9993
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
82
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1476-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Neuromuscular electric stimulation in heart transplantation candidates with cardiac pacemakers.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, General Hospital Vienna, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. guenther.wiesinger@akh-wien.ac.at
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article