See also [1] for a case caused by the hard drive of a laptop. Fundamentally, this is a consequence of the decision of manufacturers such as Medtronic to use a

See also [1] for a case caused by the hard drive of a laptop. Fundamentally, this is a consequence of the decision of manufacturers such as Medtronic to use a magnetic field to temporarily disable implantable cardioverters/defibrillators. Note that magnetic fields do different things for ICDs produced by different manufacturers. [1] = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22353166 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22353166 [2] = http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/585151_2 http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/585151_2