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The cardiac pacemaker leads are shielded and would be at ground potential with the pacemaker’s case. Harry Diamond Laboratories did a study on the effects of EMP on pacemaker generators entitled, “The Effects of Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) on Cardiac Pacemakers” (Report No. HDL-TR-2197). The bottom line is that there is little risk.