Lüderitz B
Z Kardiol. 1986 Feb;75(2):57-65.
The history of electric cardiac stimulation is long and fascinating. It is not only the anatomy of the heart, but also the analysis of the peripheral pulse that plays an important role in the history of cardiac pacing. The Romans, the Greeks and even before them the Chinese attempted to explain the origin and variations of the pulse as the basis of further investigations. - The growing clinical importance has been recognized and renewed as Zoll in 1952 described a successful resuscitation in cardiac standstill by external stimulation. Meanwhile more than 3 million patients with disorders of cardiac rhythm have been treated all over the world in the last 25 years. Recently the technical refinements of intracardiac stimulation and defibrillation improved our knowledge of cardiac physiology and diseases, and arrhythmias in particular. The pertinent interest in these dramatic developments and the intention to learn more about the basic fundamentals are reasons to look at the history of cardiac pacing. The advances in the field of therapeutic and diagnostic application of cardiac pacing will continue as rapidly as before in order to give us further significant aid in taking care of the patient.
心脏电刺激的历史悠久且引人入胜。在心脏起搏的历史中，不仅心脏的解剖结构，而且外周脉搏的分析都发挥了重要作用。罗马人、希腊人乃至更早之前的中国人都试图解释脉搏的起源和变化，并将其作为进一步研究的基础。随着1952年佐尔描述了通过外部刺激成功复苏心脏停搏，心脏起搏的临床重要性得到了认可并得以复兴。与此同时，在过去25年里，全球已有超过300万心律失常患者接受了治疗。最近，心内刺激和除颤技术的改进增进了我们对心脏生理学尤其是疾病和心律失常的了解。对这些重大进展的相关兴趣以及想要更多了解其基本原理的意愿，促使我们审视心脏起搏的历史。心脏起搏在治疗和诊断应用领域的进展将继续像以前一样迅速，以便在照顾患者方面给予我们进一步的重要帮助。
