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Pacemakers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Arthur J. Moss
Arthur J. Moss
Affiliation:
Heart Research Follow-up ProgramUniversity of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
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Extract

The association between a slow pulse and fainting episodes dates back to Mor-gagni's original description in 1761, when he discussed two elderly men whose pulses were very slow and who suffered from epileptic seizures. Subsequent reports by Adams in 1827 and Stokes in 1846 substantiated that the slow heart rate was caused by degenerative changes in the heart and not by a disorder of the brain.

Type
Technology and Health Care for the Elderly
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , January 1985 , pp. 75 - 80
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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