[The progress of electrical treatment of arrhythmia].
Described here is the progress of the electrical treatment for arrhythmia during the past half a century. The mechanism, their expression and the principles of electrical treatment for bradycardia, tachycardia and fatal arrhythmia--ventricular fibrillation (VF) are introduced respectively. The current situation and future development of the pacemaker, RF ablation and implantable cardioversion defibrillator are also discussed in the paper.
Fang
Zu-xiang
ZX
Electronic Engineering Department, Fudan University.
D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000628:therapy; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000145:classification / Q000639:trends; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000639:trends; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000145:classification / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000628:therapy; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy