My mother has both a pacemaker and a defibrillator. She
doesn't seem to concern herself with *anything*. She has had
no problems and they did save her life once.

Allen

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> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-
> bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Rossano Gobbi
> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 9:15 AM
> To: piclist@mit.edu
> Subject: [EE] Pacemaker and magnetic fields
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> I have a relative who has recently been implanted a
> pacemaker. Since then she is scared of everything that can
> possibly be related with magnetism and electricity in
> general. I still can't make her walk under high-voltage
power
> lines, because she's scared the pacemaker will fail/go
> crazy/etc. (btw: her life does not depend on it, even if
it
> fails).
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> I was wondering if anyone had some
> knowledge/experience about this theme and, of course,
> technical details, insights,... to possibly convince her
that
> she's quite safe with "that thing here in the heart".
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> Rossano
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> (Placed it under EE because of magnetism talk that could
> come off it)
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