Lessons from the first patient with an implanted pacemaker: 1958-2001

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 114-124

  Larsson, Berit ^a   Elmqvist, Håkan ^b   Rydén, Lars ^c   Schüller, Hans ^d  

^a St Jude Medical AB   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAMS STOKES ATTACK; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART PACING; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; REVIEW;

EID: 0037245916     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00162.x     Document Type: Review

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