Machines in our hearts : the cardiac pacemaker, the implantable defibrillator, and American health care /

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Annotation Today hundreds of thousands of Americans carry pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) within their bodies. These battery-powered machines - small computers, in fact - deliver electricity to the heart to correct dangerous disorders of the heartbeat. But few doctors,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jeffrey, Kirk
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Cardiac pacing > History.
Cardiac pacemakers.
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.
Pacemaker, Artificial
Defibrillators, Implantable
Cardiac Pacing, Artificial
Cardiac Pacing, Artificial > history
Defibrillators, Implantable > history
Pacemaker, Artificial > history
Cœur > Stimulation > Histoire.
Stimulateurs cardiaques.
Défibrillateurs implantables.
MEDICAL > Surgery > General.
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
Cardiac pacemakers
Cardiac pacing
Pacemakers.
Defibrillatoren.
United States
Popular Work
History
Online Access:Texto completo

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