The benchmarks in cardiac pacing are identified, beginning with F. Steiner (1871), who
rhythmically stimulated the chloroform-arrested hearts of 3 horses, 1 donkey, 10 dogs, 14 …

Progress in both the health sciences and engineering sciences has been necessary for the
development of the cardiac pacemaker. From the invention of the vacuum tube triode …

T he electrical stimulation of diseased and damaged hearts is such a widely accepted and
prescribed therapy today that it may be difficult to believe that the implantable cardiac …

Several articles in this and recent issues of PACE deal with the term" physiologic pacing"
which can be assumed to mean a technique which provides an approximation of the normal …

The theory and science of electrical pacing of the heart is scarcely 2 decades old, but
developments in these areas have in a way revolutionized modern cardiology. This report …

A cardiac pacemaker delivers electrical impulses to the heart so to coordinate the pumping
action of the upper and lower chamb (atria and ventricles) and speed the heart up from …

The Early History of Cardiac Pacing Page 1 HISTORY The Early History of Cardiac Pacing
SEYMOUR FURMAN From the Arrhythmia Service, Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical …

Appraisal and reappraisal of cardiac therapy Page 1 Appraisal and reappraisal of cardiac therapy
Edited by Arthur C. DeGraff and Julian Frieden Cardiac pacing and pacemakers V. Technical …

In the four years ending June 30, 1970, 181 Medtronic generators were implanted in 127
patients; 138 electrode lead systems were used but a few of these were implanted before …

A wide variety of cardiac arrhythmias has become permanently controllable by electrical
cardiac stimulation since Zoll's initial treatment 1 of complete heart block with an external …