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

Article1 February 1965Cardiac PacemakingII. Physiological StudiesWILLIAM L. WINTERS JR., M.D., F.A.C.P., R. ROBERT TYSON, M.D., FRANK BARRERA, M.D., LOUIS A. SOLOFF, M.D., F.A.C.P.WILLIAM L. WINTERS JR., M.D., F.A.C.P., R. ROBERT TYSON, M.D., FRANK BARRERA, M.D., LOUIS A. SOLOFF, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-62-2-220 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA companion report documents the clinical course of 20 patients with Stokes-Adams seizures who have been treated with various types of electronic cardiac pacemakers (1). This group includes 13 patients in whom internal implantable mercury battery powered pacemakers with a fixed ventricular rate were employed.*Six patients in this group volunteered to return for physiological studies by cardiac catheterization technique. 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CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: WILLIAM L. WINTERSJR., M.D., F.A.C.P.; R. ROBERT TYSON, M.D.; FRANK BARRERA, M.D.; LOUIS A. SOLOFF, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaFrom the Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Temple University Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pa.This study was supported in part by Grant HE 06313 from the U. S. Public Health Service, Bethesda, Md.Requests for reprints should be addressed to William L. Winters, Jr., M.D., Temple University Hospital, 3401 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19140.*Medtronics Inc., Minneapolis, Minn. 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