Cardiac Pacemaking
Authors: WILLIAM L. WINTERS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1965)

Article1 February 1965Cardiac PacemakingI. Clinical ExperienceWILLIAM L. WINTERS JR., M.D., F.A.C.P., R. ROBERT TYSON, M.D., LOUIS A. SOLOFF, M.D., F.A.C.P.WILLIAM L. WINTERS JR., M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, R. ROBERT TYSON, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, LOUIS A. SOLOFF, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-62-2-208 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt has been known since before 1900 that electrical current may have profound effects upon cardiac rhythmicity when passing through the heart. Guyton and Satterfield (1) in a report in 1951 reviewed the few instances in which the clinical application of electrical current used in the presence of ventricular fibrillation restored a normal cardiac rhythm. However, it remained for Zoll (2) in 1952 to imaginatively apply external electric power to successfully treat ventricular asystole by an external, artificial, electrical pacemaker. Since then, rapid advances have been achieved in the mechanics of electric pacemaking as well as in the breadth of...References1. GUYTONSATTERFIELD ACJ: Factors concerned in electrical defibrillation of the heart particularly through the unopened chest. Amer. J. Physiol 167: 81, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. ZOLL PM: Resuscitation of the heart in ventricular standstill by external electric stimulation. New Eng. J. Med. 247: 768, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. WEIRICHPAVETHGOTTLILLELEI WLMVLCW: Control of complete heart block by use of an artificial pacemaker and a myocardial electrode. Circ. Res. 6: 410, 1958. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. FORMANROBINSON SG: Stimulation of the ventricular endocardial surface in control of complete heart block. Ann. Surg. 150: 841, 1959. 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