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iPod and Other MP3 Players on ICDs and Pacemakers in Children

NCT00542854 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2009-01-28

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Summary

Unlike phones, which are commonly held to the ear, music is now available via portable MP3 players and they can be held almost anywhere. Thaker et al state that Apple iPods cause pacemaker interference in 50% of their patients, with over-sensing in 20% of patients, telemetry interference in 29% of patients and pacemaker inhibition in 1.2% of patients. The mean age for their sample was 76.1 years +/- 8.6 years. We anticipate that a higher proportion of teenagers and children who have pacemakers use portable MP3 players than in the elderly adult population.We will include the first 100 patients with pacemakers and ICDs who consent for the prospective observational study a single tertiary care center. We intend to conduct a descriptive study, tabulating the number of times that a pacemaker or ICD has changes in the sensing thresholds, pacing thresholds, telemetry interference or pacemaker inhibition when exposed to a series of portable MP3 players at various distances. In addition, we will describe the nature and quantitative differences of those changes.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

MP3

4 different brands of MP3 players will be tested at 3 distances from ICD/pacemaker site in children and adults with congenital heart disease.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Charles Berul, MD · Boston Children's Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-10-31
Primary Completion
2008-09-30
Completion
2008-09-30

Countries

  • United States

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