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The Elderly and the Pacemaker: A Note from Sweden

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

K. O. Edhag
K. O. Edhag
Affiliation:
Medical DepartmentHuddinge University Hospital
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When first introduced in the early 1950s, the pacemaker was driven by a battery-powered impulse generator that was large and cumbersome (Figure 1). The introduction of transistors later in the 1950s made it possible to build a generator small enough for implantation beneath the skin (Figure 2), allowing patients to walk about freely.

Type
Technology and Health Care for the Elderly
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , January 1985 , pp. 81 - 84
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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