The Potential Interference of Magnets From a Surgical Magnetic Drape With Cardiac Pacemakers

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Valerie Zaphiratos, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01009320
First received: November 5, 2009
Last updated: March 5, 2013
Last verified: March 2013

November 5, 2009
March 5, 2013
September 2009
November 2009   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Asynchronous pacing [ Time Frame: Minutes ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Same as current
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The Potential Interference of Magnets From a Surgical Magnetic Drape With Cardiac Pacemakers
The Potential Interference of Magnets From a Surgical Magnetic Drape With Cardiac Pacemakers

Magnetic fields may interfere with the function of cardiac pacemakers. A magnetic drape to hold surgical instruments is widely used in surgery. The use of this drape on pacemaker patients has not yet been tested. Our objective is to conduct a clinical study to evaluate the potential interference of the surgical magnetic drape on patients with cardiac pacemakers. We are testing the magnetic drape on forty patients in the pacemaker clinic. The totality of the drape is applied over the pacemaker and depending on the result, the drape is either folded in two over the pacemaker or the magnets are applied individually up to the totality of the drape, 70 magnets. Thereafter, the drape is pulled in increments of 3 cm caudally until the interference is ceased. Results are in process as we are presently actively recruiting.

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Observational
Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
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Probability Sample

Out-patient clinic

Cardiac Pacemaker, Artificial
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Pacemaker with magnets
Patients with pacemakers who will be tested for magnetic interference with a magnetic drape.
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Completed
50
November 2009
November 2009   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Cardiac pacemaker

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Unstable angina
  • Hemodynamic instability
  • Subjects whom the cardiologist believes are unsuitable for asynchronous pacing
Both
18 Years and older
Yes
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Canada
 
NCT01009320
HMRvzaphi, 09051
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Valerie Zaphiratos, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital
Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital
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Study Director: Louis-Philippe Fortier, MD, FRCPC Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital, University of Montreal
Principal Investigator: Valerie Zaphiratos, MD Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital, University of Montreal
Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital
March 2013

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