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Friday, March 27, 2009

Faulty House Wiring Activates ICD

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An interesting case of electrical interference has been reported by Danish physicians in the New England Journal of Medicine. A patient with an implanted cardiac defibrillator was taking a shower when he got zapped twice for no apparent reason. The physicians, speculating on the cause of the events, sent an electrician to the man's house to see if some type of electromagnetic interference could have been at fault. Turns out that a self-installed washing machine didn't have its ground cable connected, turning house wiring into the washing machine's private radio station.

More about the story at Discover Health News...

Article extract in NEJM: Inappropriate ICD Shocks Caused by External Electrical Noise

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