14 Nov TESLA Car May Not Trip Your Defibrillator

MedicalResearch.com Interview with:

Dr. Wase

Abdul Wase MD FACC FACP FHRS
Clinical Professor of Medicine &
Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program,
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine,
Director, Electrophysiology Laboratories
Good Samaritan Hospital,
Dayton, OH

MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?

Response: Implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICD) patients are subject to electromagnetic interferences (EMI) from outside electrical sources.

TESLA electric vehicle has a large battery underneath the surface of vehicles, which may potentially interfere with the functioning of these devices. In the owner’s manual, TESLA warns that using mobile connector may impair the functioning of implantable pacemaker or a defibrillator.

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator : Wikipedia

MedicalResearch.com: What should clinicians and patients take away from your report?
Response: Researchers examined the potential effect of electromagnetic interference from an electric vehicle on 26 men and 8 women from Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, average age 69, with implanted cardiac defibrillators of various types.

Adjusting the defibrillators to both their least and most sensitive settings, the devices did not sense the electromagnetic signal from the electric vehicle battery when patients sat in the driver’s seat, passenger seat, backseat, or at the charging post (where the electromagnetic interference is at its highest).

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Citation:

AHA 2017 abstract

M3196 / 3196 – Are You Safe to Ride a TESLA With an ICD? An in-vivo Study

http://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/4412/presentation/49765

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Last Updated on November 14, 2017 by Marie Benz MD FAAD