page_title: Åke Senning
hierarchical_section_title: Åke Senning
caption_attribution_description: English: Rune Elmqvist made the first pacemaker and Åke Senning implanted it. Senning trained under Clarence Crafoord. They all worked closely together in Stockholm.From left to right, you can see Senning, Elmqvist &amp; Crafoord. The picture was taken in 1954. It was published in Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 Jun;77(6):2250-8.
context_page_description: Åke Senning was a pioneering Swedish cardiac surgeon, who implanted the first human implantable cardiac pacemaker in 1958, invented the Senning operation, and contributed to many other advances.
context_section_description: Åke Senning (14 September 1915 — 21 July 2000) was a pioneering Swedish cardiac surgeon, who implanted the first human implantable cardiac pacemaker in 1958, invented the Senning operation, and contributed to many other advances.
caption: Senning [left], Elmqvist & Crafoord, 1954.
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