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An implantable pacemaker in the heart. IN: Medical electronics: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Medical Electronics, Paris 24-27 June 1959. Edited by C. N. Smyth.

Publication Details

London: Iliffe, 1960 CE.

"This is the original report of the first fully implantable pacemaker that was designed by Elmqvist and surgically inserted under the skin of a patient in October 1958. It is an abstract of their presentation that signalled (along with events in Minneapolis) the birth of the modern pacemaker industry" (W. Bruce Fye).

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Entry Number#11590
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/13789
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External URLan-implantable-pacemaker-in-the-heart-in-medical-electronics-proceedings-of-the-second-international-conference-on-medical-electronics-paris-2427-june-1959

Geographic Context

Publication place: London