Smartphones And Tablets Increases The Risk Of Heart Attack

Smartphones And Tablets Increases The Risk Of Heart Attack: Study

Bangalore: A recent study by The Heart Rhythm Society, says the magnets in iPad 2 tablets and covers are capable of interfering with cardiac rhythm devices like pacemakers, reports TOI.
When the patients implanted with heart devices come in contact with magnets, the device switches to magnet mode, which can lead to disrupt function.

 Gianna Chien, 14, with the help of her cardiologist dad had conducted a research which was initially meant for the study as part of a school science fair project, discovered that cardiac rhythm devices can be affected by magnets and radio frequency energy in products ranging from cell phones to MRI machines.

Gianna in her research asked 26 heart patients with Implantable Cardiac Devices (ICDs) to hold an iPad 2 from a readable distance. The iPad did not affect the ICDs at this length and caused no electromagnetic interference. However, the patients were told to place the tablet on their chests, to pretend, as if they had gone to sleep with the iPads on top of them. The results showed that 30 percent of patients' ICDs had switched to magnet mode.