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The Potential Interference of Magnets From a Surgical Magnetic Drape With Cardiac Pacemakers

NCT01009320 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2013-03-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Magnetic fields may interfere with the function of cardiac pacemakers. A magnetic drape to hold surgical instruments is widely used in surgery. The use of this drape on pacemaker patients has not yet been tested. Our objective is to conduct a clinical study to evaluate the potential interference of the surgical magnetic drape on patients with cardiac pacemakers. We are testing the magnetic drape on forty patients in the pacemaker clinic. The totality of the drape is applied over the pacemaker and depending on the result, the drape is either folded in two over the pacemaker or the magnets are applied individually up to the totality of the drape, 70 magnets. Thereafter, the drape is pulled in increments of 3 cm caudally until the interference is ceased. Results are in process as we are presently actively recruiting.

Conditions

  • Cardiac Pacemaker, Artificial

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Louis-Philippe Fortier, MD, FRCPC · Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital, University of Montreal

  • Valerie Zaphiratos, MD · Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital, University of Montreal

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-09-30
Primary Completion
2009-11-30
Completion
2009-11-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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