?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Development+of+Pacing%2C+Electrophysiology+and+Defibrillation+in+India&rft.creator=Nair%2C+Mohan&rft.creator=Francis%2C+Johnson&rft.creator=K%2C+Venugopal&rft.subject=Indian+Pacing+and+Electrophysiology+Journal&rft.description=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%2C+mentions+that+the+first+pacing+was+performed+in+April+1967+at+the+Institute+of+Post+Graduate+Medical+Education+and+Research+(IPGME%26R).+Bhatia+et+al3++started+pacemaker+implantation+at+AIIMS%2C+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+%C2%BD+years%2C+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%2C+in+various+centers+around+the+country.&rft.publisher=Indian+Pacing+and+Electrophysiology+Group&rft.contributor=Singh%2C+Balbir&rft.contributor=Lokhandwala%2C+Yash&rft.contributor=Francis%2C+Johnson&rft.contributor=Gupta%2C+Anup&rft.date=2002-04&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4315%2F1%2Fnair.htm&rft.identifier=++Nair%2C+Mohan+and+Francis%2C+Johnson+and+K%2C+Venugopal++(2002)+Development+of+Pacing%2C+Electrophysiology+and+Defibrillation+in+India.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4315%2F