RT Book, Section A1 Zimmerman, Franklin H. SR Print(0) ID 1200101583 T1 Pacemaker Electrocardiography T2 ECG Core Curriculum YR 2023 FD 2023 PB McGraw Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071785211 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1200101583 RD 2024/10/07 AB In 400 BCE, Hippocrates observed that persons who suffered severe attacks of swooning without any manifest cause died suddenly. The artificial electronic pacemaker has been one of the great technological advances in cardiology, able to provide a remedy for many of the conditions that were recognized by Hippocrates more than two millennia ago. Until the development of the pacemaker, there were few options for patients with conduction system failure. Today’s sophisticated devices are used to treat not only bradyarrhythmias and heart block, but also have antitachycardia functions and play an increasing role in the treatment of heart failure.