High-power chargers for electric vehicles: are they safe for patients with pacemakers and defibrillators?
Carsten LennerzClaudia SchaarschmidtPatrick BlazekKatharina KnollMarc KottmaierTilko ReentsFelix BourierSarah LengauerMiruna-Andreea PopaKatharina WimbauerFabian BahlkeHannah KrafftFlorian EnglertLena FriedrichHeribert SchunkertGabriele HesslingIsabel DeisenhoferChristof KolbMatthew O'ConnorPublished in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2023)
The use of electric cars with high-power chargers by patients with cardiac devices appears to be safe with no evidence of clinically relevant EMI. Reasonable caution, by minimizing the time spent in close proximity with the charging cables, is still advised as the occurrence of very rare events cannot be excluded from our results.