London: If you wear a cardiac device such as a pacemaker, better keep away from smartphones, researchers say. “Pacemakers can mistakenly detect electromagnetic interference (EMI) from smartphones as a cardiac signal, causing them to briefly stop working,” said first author Carsten Lennerz from German Heart Centre, Munich. “This leads to a pause in the cardiac rhythm of the pacing dependent patient and may result in syncope.” “For implantable cardioverter […]