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The Elderly and the Pacemaker: A Note from Sweden
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2009
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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
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- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985