Relatively weak magnets in consumer products have always posed some risk, usually very low, to the function of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). However, stronger ...

These include leads that cause life-threatening arrhythmias, interference with functioning of the CIED (e.g., abandoned right ventricle lead interfering with a functional ICD lead causing ...

In a previous column, we discussed pacemakers. In this one, we’ll continue on the general topic of heart regulation with information about implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.] An ...