Mercuricale G.

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• Mercuricale G.
• Whenever the pulse is rare, always a syncope has
  to be expected (1580)

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"Ubi sit pulsus rarus Semper expectanda est
syncope."
Geronimo Mercuriale (1530-1606)
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• Hyman A. S.
• Resuscitation of a stopped heart by intracardiac
  therapy Experimental use of an artificial
  pacemaker (1932)

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• Elmquist R., Senning A.
• The first implantable pacemaker for the heart
  (1958)

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• Furman S.
• The use of an intracardiac pacemaker in the
  correction of total heart block (1958)

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• Bouvrain J., Zacouto F.
• Concept of a resuscitation device (1961)

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• Wellens H.J.J.
• Electrical stimulation of the heart in patients
  with ventricular tachycardia (1972)

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• Mirowski M.
• Termination of malignant ventricular arrhythmias
  with an implanted anatomic defibrillation in
  human beings (1980)

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• Lüderitz B. et al.
• Antitachycardic pacemaker and automatic
  implantable defibrillator combined use in
  ventricular tachyarrhythmias (1986)

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