Reconstruction of Hyman's second pacemaker

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 446-453

  Furman, Seymour ^a,b   Szarka, George ^a   Layvand, Dmitriy ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial pacemaker; Intracardial therapy; Needle electrode; Stopped heart

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART; HEART RHYTHM; IMPLANT; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; PHYSICAL MODEL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PATENTS; PHOTOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18844445350     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.09542.x     Document Type: Review

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