TY  - GEN
ID  - cogprints4315
UR  - http://cogprints.org/4315/
A1  - Nair, Mohan
A1  - Francis, Johnson
A1  - K, Venugopal
Y1  - 2002/04//
N2  - History of cardiac pacing in India dates back to late 1960s. Kar1 reported that cardiac pacing was introduced in India in 1966. Basu2 while discussing on cardiac pacemaking in Calcutta, mentions that the first pacing was performed in April 1967 at the Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGME&R). Bhatia et al3  started pacemaker implantation at AIIMS, New Delhi in 1968. Their first patient was a doctor from Assam and the pulse generator was supplied by Medtronic Inc. The pulse generator was powered by a mercury-iodide battery which lasted for about 2 ½ years, after which the patient underwent pulse generator replacement. Unfortunately he succumbed to miliary tuberculosis about a year after that. Currently around 8000 pacemakers are being implanted annually in India, in various centers around the country.
PB  - Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Group
KW  - Pacing
KW  -  Electrophysiology; Defibrillation; India
TI  - Development of Pacing, Electrophysiology and Defibrillation in India
SP  - 57
AV  - public
EP  - 61
ER  -

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