50th anniversary of the first successful permanent pacemaker implantation in the United States: Historical review and future directions

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 810-818

  Beck, Hiroko ^a   Boden, William E ^a,b   Patibandla, Sushmitha ^a   Kireyev, Dmitriy ^a   Gupta, Vipul ^a   Campagna, Franklin ^a   Cain, Michael E ^a   Marine, Joseph E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TELEMETRY; UNITED STATES;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TELEMETRY;

EID: 77956326865     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.04.043     Document Type: Review

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