Jeffrey K
Department of History, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 55057.
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 1992 Jun;15(6):961-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1992.tb03086.x.
At a 1-day conference sponsored by the Rockefeller Institute in September 1958, physicians and engineers held a confused debate over future directions for the young field of cardiac pacing. Many of the existing impediments to long-term pacing for chronic illness received little attention; the participants focused instead on whether atrial synchrony would be a requirement for long-term pacing. The Rockefeller conference illustrates the observation that cardiac pacing has undergone several major redefinitions. This process is rarely a smooth one but involves uncertainty, intense debate, and explicit choice.
在1958年9月由洛克菲勒研究所主办的为期一天的会议上，医生和工程师们就心脏起搏这一新兴领域的未来方向展开了一场混乱的辩论。对于慢性病长期起搏存在的许多现有障碍几乎没有得到关注；与会者反而关注心房同步是否会成为长期起搏的一项要求。洛克菲勒会议说明了心脏起搏已经经历了几次重大重新定义这一现象。这个过程很少一帆风顺，而是涉及不确定性、激烈辩论和明确选择。
