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A heart specialist, Zoll realized that external electrical stimulation of fibrillating heart could reset it to beat normally. His research led to the "defibrillator" that is now carried in virtually all ambulances, as well as the cardiac pacemaker and the electrocardiogram. A long-time member of the research staff Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, Zoll also was a clinical professor at Harvard Medical School. He died January 5 at age 87 of respiratory arrest. From This is True for 3 January 1999 Suggestions for further reading:
 By: Kenneth A. EllenbogenBruce L. WilkoffG. Neal KayChu Pak Lau List Price: $290.00 Amazon Price: $232.00 Editorial Review: This 3rd edition presents cutting-edge standards of pacing and defibrillation to keep you at the forefront of this rapidly expanding field. You'll find coverage of all the new devices and management strategies you need to solve a full range of clinical problems using today's best approaches. Written by world authorities on pacing and devices for cardiac care, this new full-color 3rd edition is the more practical than ever! Addresses the management of patients with a broad range of conditions, including sinus node disease, carotid sinus hypersensitivity, tachyarrhythmias, heart failure, and more.Details cardiac pacing in pediatric patients.Illustrates vital concepts and techniques with over 745 x-rays and figures.Explains how to approach pacemaker generator changes.Reviews fundamental concepts such as how to pace the heart and how leads, power sources, programmers, and electronic circuitry work. Contains a new chapter on resynchronization trials.Includes an image bank and video clips of key procedures on DVD-ROM to help you understand and implement the latest techniques.Offers technical information on both new and old devices to help you make the correct choice for every patient.Provides new material on implantation, with key updates to all aspects of this challenging clinical area.  By: David L. HayesPaul A. FriedmanMargaret Lloyd List Price: $115.95 Amazon Price: $115.95 Editorial Review: Consisting of 13 chapters, this book is uniformly written by Dr Hayes and his colleagues Drs Lloyd and Friedman to provide sensible, matter-of-fact methods for understanding and caring for patients with permanent pacemakers and ICDs. It presents a logical progression from descriptions of device indications to selection of the most appropriate mode and hardware. From there, it proceeds to device implantation and subsequent management, with detailed sections on troubleshooting, complications, and follow-up. Not intended as an encyclopedic text, this book offers a large amount of information in an easily digestible form. This book helps the reader understand the technical capabilities of pacemakers and ICDs, and shows how to apply this knowledge to make everyday clinical encounters easier and more productive. From the first pacemaker implantation in 1958 and the first implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation in 1980, the fields of cardiac pacing and defibrillation have enjoyed a rapid increase in the sophistication and effectiveness of implantable devices. Because these technologies are encountered more and more commonly in today's clinical settings, it is important for physicians to learn "practical approaches" to pacemaker and ICD implantation. Whether new to cardiac pacing and defibrillation or seeing large numbers of patients with implantable devices on a daily basis, cardiologists and electrophysiologists alike will appreciate the knowledge and experience shared by the authors of this book.  By: Kenneth A., MD EllenbogenMark A., MD Wood List Price: $59.95 Amazon Price: $53.96 Editorial Review: Fully revised and updated, the fourth edition of Cardiac Pacing and ICDs continues to be an accessible and practical clinical reference for residents, fellows, surgeons, nurses, PAs, and technicians. The chapters are organized in the sequence of the evaluation of an actual patient, making it an effective practical guide. Revised chapters and updated artwork and tables plus a new chapter on cardiac resynchronization make the new edition an invaluable clinical resource. Features: · New chapter on Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy · Updated and better quality figures and tables · Updated content based on ACC/AHA/NASPE guidelines · Updated indications for ICD placement · Updated information on ICD and pacemaker troubleshooting  List Price: $73.95 Amazon Price: $49.30 Editorial Review: Pacing and ICDs are used increasingly in the management of arrhythmias and a number of different cardiac conditions. Specialists, general cardiologists and general physicians are now closely involved in managing patients with these devices. Implantable Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators: All you wanted to know is written by leading specialists from the UK and USA and is designed for all physicians looking for a clear and comprehensive introduction to the principles and functions of these devices. The focus of this book has been on the indications for these devices and continuing patient management for the generalist and those in training – including complications and troubleshooting that arise peri- and post-implantation. Not only does Implantable Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators provide a sound introduction to the subject, in the later chapters it goes beyond the basics, introducing more advanced techniques such as lead extraction. It can be used both for those in training and for those with direct patient care responsibilities. With its up to date, evidence-based approach and inclusion of the latest AHA guidelines on pacing, this is an ideal guide to a major aspect of modern cardiac management.  By: Ronald A. Berk List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $16.47 Editorial Review: Grab those paddles. Charge 300. Clear! "Ouch!" Now how do you feel? "Great!" Humor can be used as a systematic teaching or assessment tool in your classroom and course Web site. It can shock students to attention and bring deadly, boring course content to life. Since some students have the attention span of goat cheese, we need to find creative online and offline techniques to hook them, engage their emotions, and focus their minds and eyeballs on learning. This book offers numerous techniques on how to effectively use humor in lectures and in-class activities, printed materials, course Web sites and course tests and exams. These techniques can convert any course into an adult version of Sesame Street. "If Dr. Hannibal Lecter ate books, this one would make a tasty hors d' oeuvre." -- Clarice Starling "A non-page-turning marvel...I could stop reading at any point and know I 'm not missing anything." -- Forrest Gump "Not as much fun as Quidditch, but would be required reading for faculty at the Hogwarts School." -- Harry Potter "How did you get this book published? Read my letters: YOUR KNOT FUNY!" -- Bart Simpson |
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