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Article: Report: People with pacemakers should walk quickly through detectors
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- March 11, 1998
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EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press Writer
AP Online
03-11-1998
LONDON (AP) _ People with pacemakers should walk quickly through shoplifting detectors at store entrances to avoid possible interference that could cause dizziness or fainting, an American cardiologist recommended Wednesday.
Dr. Michael E. McIvor, medical director of the Research Center at the Heart Institute of St. Petersburg, Fla., based his recommendation on a study that found that signals from some detectors caused pacemakers to emit extra heart beats or stop entirely.
``The risk is small,'' he told a conference on store security systems sponsored by the Center for Retail Research. ``If you walk through the device ...
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