Aubrey Leatham and the introduction of cardiac pacing to the UK
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Aubrey Leatham and the introduction of cardiac pacing to the UK. / Camm, AJ; Jones, S; Gammage, Michael; Rowland, E.
In: Europace, Vol. 12, No. 10, 01.10.2010, p. 1356-1359.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
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T1 - Aubrey Leatham and the introduction of cardiac pacing to the UK
AU - Camm, AJ
AU - Jones, S
AU - Gammage, Michael
AU - Rowland, E
PY - 2010/10/1
Y1 - 2010/10/1
N2 - In the early 1950s, Dr Aubrey Leatham established a cardiac unit at St. George's Hospital, Hyde Park Corner, London. He developed and taught the essential clinical skill of cardiac auscultation. Under his guidance a clinical department for the care of cardiac patients was developed and coupled to physiological academic research. He was a pioneer in cardiac pacing and, in 1961, Harold Siddons, O'Neal Humphries, and Aubrey Leatham implanted the first 'indwelling' pacemaker in the UK in a 65-year-old man with repeated Stokes-Adams attacks due to complete heart block. The nickel-cadmium 'accumulator', which powered the pacemaker, had to be recharged once a week.
AB - In the early 1950s, Dr Aubrey Leatham established a cardiac unit at St. George's Hospital, Hyde Park Corner, London. He developed and taught the essential clinical skill of cardiac auscultation. Under his guidance a clinical department for the care of cardiac patients was developed and coupled to physiological academic research. He was a pioneer in cardiac pacing and, in 1961, Harold Siddons, O'Neal Humphries, and Aubrey Leatham implanted the first 'indwelling' pacemaker in the UK in a 65-year-old man with repeated Stokes-Adams attacks due to complete heart block. The nickel-cadmium 'accumulator', which powered the pacemaker, had to be recharged once a week.
KW - History
KW - St George's
U2 - 10.1093/europace/euq183
DO - 10.1093/europace/euq183
M3 - Review article
C2 - 20603304
VL - 12
SP - 1356
EP - 1359
JO - Europace
JF - Europace
SN - 1099-5129
IS - 10
ER -