My doctors want me to have an ICD for VT (my heart is strong and I only sometimes get dizzy, just feel a flutter). But I am a scientist and use ESR, an instrument that has high magnetic fields and RF in the microwave region. I am told, uh-uh. I am also told to stay away from spark producing equipment such as gas-driven lawnmowers and snow blowers (I live in Wisconsin).
My question. As far as the sparks are concerned, as a scientist I am aware of something called the Faraday Cage. A company makes such a device in the form of a T-shirt woven with interspersed metal thread. Can this actually protect against spark generated RF? Microwaves? My question is if anyone has ever tried this.
Is there anything that can protect against strong magnetic fields? ESR spectroscopy is similar to MRI, only you don't enter the electromagnet. ESR is used to study free radicals, and that has been my post-retirement career.
I understand that magnetic fields turn off the ICD and the sparks can fool it into thinking I would have VT.
Another question. I have stable pulmonary fibrosis that needs a CT scan maybe once a year. Doesn't an ICD preclude that from ever happening again?
Thanks.