Geddes L A
Hillenbrand Biomedical Engineering Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 1994 Jul;17(7):1320-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1994.tb01502.x.
In the latter half of the last century, cardiorespiratory arrest was not uncommon due to the anesthetic used (chloroform). Animal studies showed that the heart could be paced. One physician (Green) resuscitated 5 of 7 cardiac arrest patients with single stimuli applied to body surface electrodes. Another (McWilliam) issued a proposal for adoption of closed-chest pacing and provided information on the procedure. The following historical footnote describes these pioneering events in the history of cardiac pacing.
在上个世纪后半叶，由于使用的麻醉剂（氯仿），心肺骤停并不罕见。动物研究表明心脏可以被起搏。一位医生（格林）通过将单个刺激施加到体表电极上，使7名心脏骤停患者中的5名复苏。另一位医生（麦克威廉）提出了采用闭胸起搏的建议，并提供了该程序的相关信息。以下历史脚注描述了心脏起搏史上的这些开创性事件。
