A short history on pacemakers

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 244-248

  Ward, Catherine ^a   Henderson, Susannah ^a   Metcalfe, Neil H ^a  

^a Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Development; History; Pacemakers; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; ELECTRIC BATTERY; HEART ARREST; HEART BLOCK; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART PACING; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTED HEART PACEMAKER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SENSOR;

CARDIAC; DEVELOPMENT; HISTORY; PACEMAKERS; REVIEW;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART DISEASES; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 84887504086     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.08.093     Document Type: Review

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