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Wooley CF. The military heart hospitals. THE AMERICAN HEART HOSPITAL JOURNAL 2004; 2:55-7. [PMID: 15604842 DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-9215.2004.02094.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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This is the first in a series of four papers that Dr. Wooley wrote exclusively for The American Heart Hospital Journal based on his book, The Irritable Heart of Soldiers and the Origins of Anglo-American Cardiology, published by Ashgate Publishing in 2002.1 Dr. Wooley's book also casts light on the origins of the specialty heart hospital.
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Dalton ML. Will Camp Sealy, MD. CURRENT SURGERY 2003; 60:549. [PMID: 14972227 DOI: 10.1016/s0149-7944(02)00685-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The history of cardiac rhythm disorders including antiarrhythmic drugs and electrotherapeutical tools is long and fascinating. In the beginning, there was not simply the anatomy and physiology of the heart, but also analysis of the pulse, which indicates the activity of the heart. Thus, like any other field of medicine, the study of arrhythmias has a distinctive past. Our current level of knowledge is not the result of a straight, linear progression any more than there is a static, established, monolithic body of thought dominating this field. Instead, our knowledge of arrhythmias today is the result of many competitive, sometimes serendipitous, scientific realizations, of which a few proved useful enough to pursue and eventually led to real advancements. Looking at the worldwide development of rhythmology it can be said that considerable contributions came from Germany in the last few centuries. Arrhythmology--past, present and future--includes clearly German investigators as pioneers of the field. The growing clinical importance of electric cardiac stimulation has been recognized and renewed as Zoll in 1952 described a successful resuscitation in cardiac standstill by external stimulation. The concept of a fully automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator system for recognition and treatment of ventricular flutter/fibrillation was first suggested in 1970. The first implantation of the device in a human being was performed in February 1980. By early 1997, 17 years after the first human implantation more than 100,000 ICD systems had been implanted worldwide. Further developments concern new pharmacological compounds, modern cardioverter-defibrillators, radiofrequency ablation, particularly pulmonary vein ablation in atrial fibrillation, innovative pacemakers including preventive pacing techniques, probably laser therapy and perhaps the automatic implantable pharmacological defibrillator. The advances in the field of therapeutic application of pharmacologic and electrical means as well as alternative methods will continue as rapidly as before in order to give us further significant aid in taking care of the patient.
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Castellanos A, Myerburg RJ. The Chicago School of Arrhythmology: revisited. CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY REVIEW 2003; 7:96-8. [PMID: 12766529 DOI: 10.1023/a:1023615828855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The Chicago School of Arrhythmology (Katz, Langendorf and Pick) dominated the field of arrhythmias for at least 20 years until the advent of intracardiac electrophysiology in the late sixties. Thereafter they still played a fundamental role. Whereas other arrhythmologists also made contributions, they did not develop "schools" in the classical Platonic sense. The Chicago School's intuitive, deductive and inductive contributions to the understanding of multiple electrophysiological mechanisms were well appreciated, recognized and corroborated by basic and clinical electrophysiologists. Less known was their ability to propagate this knowledge in semi-tutorial courses which were so unique in explaining complex arrhythmic concepts that it is still used today by those who inherited their prominent position in the ever expanding world of invasive electrophysiology.
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Kvasnicka J, Herzová J. [100 years' of ECG or 100 years' of excellence in recording the electrical activity of the human heart]. VNITRNI LEKARSTVI 2002; 48 Suppl 1:27-34. [PMID: 12744014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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The authors present a brief history of high-standard records of the electric activity of the human heart. Its beginnings date back to 1892 when Willem Einthoven recorded the first electrocardiogram.
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Kolpakov EV. [History of development of manufacture of implanted pacemakers: plans and reality]. MEDITSINSKAIA TEKHNIKA 2002:8-11. [PMID: 12506737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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The paper deals with the history of design and development of implanted pacemakers, emphasis is also laid on electric neuromyostimulators. Present-day problems and prospects in this area are touched upon.
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Ogawa S. [History of cardiology in the last 100 years: Arrhythmia]. NIHON NAIKA GAKKAI ZASSHI. THE JOURNAL OF THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 2002; 91:912-6. [PMID: 11985104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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Lüderitz B. We have come a long way with device therapy: historical perspectives on antiarrhythmic electrotherapy. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2002; 13:S2-8. [PMID: 11843462 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2002.tb01945.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The history of device therapies is long and fascinating. In the beginning, there is not simply the anatomy and physiology of the heart, but also analysis of the pulse, which indicates the activity of the heart. The analysis of the (peripheral) pulse as a mechanical expression of heart activity goes back several millennia. In China, in 280 BC, Wang Shu He wrote 10 books about the pulse. The Greeks called the pulse "sphygmos"; thus, sphygmology deals with a theory of this natural occurrence. In Roman times, Galen interpreted the various types of pulse according to the widespread presumption of the time that each organ in every disease has its own form of pulse. The growing clinical importance of electrical cardiac stimulation was recognized and renewed as Zoll in 1952 described a successful resuscitation in cardiac standstill by external stimulation. Meanwhile, millions of patients with cardiac arrhythmias worldwide have been treated with pacemakers in the last 40 years. The concept of a fully automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator system for recognition and treatment of ventricular tachyarrhythmias was first suggested in 1970. The first implantation of the device in a human being was performed in February 1980. Further developments involved atrial and atrioventricular defibrillators, radiofrequency ablation, laser therapy, and advanced antiarrhythmic surgery. Since 1990, there has been a growing interest in using cardiac pacing as additional treatment in severe cardiac failure. Recent reports have suggested that intervention with left ventricular or biventricular pacing may be helpful for a subgroup of patients with congestive heart failure. Despite encouraging (preliminary) acute and short-term results, pacing strategies for heart failure still are limited and currently regarded as investigational. Advances in the field of therapeutic application of pharmacologic and electrical tools as well as alternative methods will continue as rapidly as before and provide us further significant aid in taking care of patients.
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Touboul P. [100 years of cardiac rhythm problems (Conference: Lyon, 14 Jan. 1997)]. CONFERENCES D'HISTOIRE DE LA MEDECINE : [FASCICULE]. CONFERENCES D'HISTOIRE DE LA MEDECINE 2001:101-16. [PMID: 11637046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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Moody GB, Mark RG. The impact of the MIT-BIH arrhythmia database. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY MAGAZINE : THE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE OF THE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY SOCIETY 2001; 20:45-50. [PMID: 11446209 DOI: 10.1109/51.932724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 994] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Puech P, Slama R. [Rhythmology Group from the SFC. A 30 year historic evocation]. ARCHIVES DES MALADIES DU COEUR ET DES VAISSEAUX 2000; 93:117-20. [PMID: 10830087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Shua-Haim JR, Ross JS. Geriatrics photo quiz. Pulsus alternans. Geriatrics (Basel) 1999; 54:17, 58. [PMID: 10494223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023] Open
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Porterfield LM, Morton PG, Butze E. The evolution of internal defibrillators. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am 1999; 11:303-10. [PMID: 10786477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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ICDs have reduced mortality from SCD to 2% per year, which is a record unmatched by any other form of therapy. With continued evolution, ICD systems should become easier to implant, smaller, more effective in managing a variety of abnormal rhythms, and more comfortable for the patient. Implementation of technological innovations in future-generation devices should continue to extend the frontiers as clinicians consider ICDs for an expanding range of therapeutic applications.
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Kohl P. Commotio cordis: early observation. Heart 1999; 82:397. [PMID: 10515692 PMCID: PMC1729181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023] Open
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McIntosh HD. Heartbeat international: a program designed to use pacemakers as peacemakers. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 1999; 22:1253-8. [PMID: 10461306 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00610.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In 1989 the two German countries, FRG and GDR, were reunited after 50 years of political separation. During this time, these countries underwent independent, and in parts quite different, developments. While the reunification has had less effect on the overall situation in the Western part of the country, the Eastern part has experienced considerable changes, including the health service. In the field of pacing and ICD therapy, this study finds that 8 years after the reunification, the German federal states of both parts of the country have converged in the field of pacing and ICD therapy.
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Laver MB. Atrial activity and anesthesia. 1963. Int Anesthesiol Clin 1999; 36:103-13. [PMID: 9921430 DOI: 10.1097/00004311-199803640-00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Pritchett EL. Evolution and revolution in drug labeling: regulation of antiarrhythmic drugs by the Food and Drug Administration 1962-1996. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 1998; 21:1457-69. [PMID: 9670191 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00218.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Between 1962, when the Kefauver-Harris Drug Amendments were passed, and 1996, 20 pharmaceutical compounds were approved and labeled by the FDA as effective antiarrhythmic drugs for some specified cardiac arrhythmia. Drug research and development in the 1970s and 1980s were focused on treatment of premature ventricular beats as a marker for sudden cardiac death and ventricular tachycardia. The Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial in 1989 irrevocably altered this approach. Recent drug development programs have targeted atrial fibrillation (AF) as epidemiologic data have predicted an increase in the incidence of AF as the United States population ages, and as treating premature ventricular beats has fallen from favor. The FDA, the scientific community, and the pharmaceutical industry have all participated in and been affected by this evolution in drug development.
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Smith NK. Palpitation: brain, heart and 'spirits' in the seventeenth century. J R Soc Med 1998; 91:346. [PMID: 9771532 PMCID: PMC1296799 DOI: 10.1177/014107689809100631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Cheng TO. Cardiac arrhythmias set to music. Postgrad Med 1998; 103:25. [PMID: 9553584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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