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has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Cardiac Pacemaker and Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Interference: Case Report in a Patient with Gastric Vascular Ectasias

  AUTHORS: A. G. Gravina, R. Bozzi, I. J. Romano, E. Pezzullo, A. Miranda, M. G. Merola, M. Romano, A. Pezzullo

  KEYWORDS: Capsule Endoscopy, Cardiac Pacemaker, Interference, Vascular Ectasias

  JOURNAL NAME: Wireless Sensor Network, Vol.2 No.3, April 12, 2010

  ABSTRACT: Wireless capsule endoscopy is a new endoscopic tool for the diagnosis and management of small bowel diseases. The main indication at present is the evaluation of GI bleeding of obscure origin, Crohn’s disease, coeliac disease and small bowel tumors. Studies suggest that capsule endoscopy is associated with few adverse events. Whether cardiac pacemaker may interfere with capsule endoscopy is still a controversial issue. We here report a case showing that there is a possibility of interference between the two procedures, cardiac pacemaker affecting the proper functioning of capsule endoscopy and that this is related to the distance between the pacemaker and the recorder.