History of cardiac pacing in New Zealand: the early years
This paper documents the development of cardiac pacing in New Zealand in the early years following the first implant in 1961. This period covered the time of the early development and evolution of cardiac pacemakers. Pacemaker implantations were infrequent and high risk in desperately ill patients....
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Published in | Internal medicine journal Vol. 41; no. 12; pp. 836 - 841 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Melbourne, Australia
Blackwell Publishing Asia
01.12.2011
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | This paper documents the development of cardiac pacing in New Zealand in the early years following the first implant in 1961. This period covered the time of the early development and evolution of cardiac pacemakers. Pacemaker implantations were infrequent and high risk in desperately ill patients. Whilst lifesaving the pacemakers had poor longevity, were unreliable and required frequent revisions. |
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Bibliography: | istex:E41B146F4EF43A50A49DE45B6FC65A0EF297F580 ArticleID:IMJ2556 ark:/67375/WNG-Q7B4V906-D Conflict of interest: None. Funding: None. ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Undefined-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1444-0903 1445-5994 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02556.x |