1980 MIROWSKI, Michael (1924 – 1990); MOWER, Morton M. (1933 – ); WATKINS, Levi Jr. (1944 – 2015); ET AL

Termination of malignant ventricular arrhythmias with an implanted automatic defibrillator in human beings.

First successful implantation of an automatic defibrillator (AICD), developed by Mirowski and Mower, and implanted by Watkins when he was a resident.

GMN 12270 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14487

2000 FURMAN, Seymour (1931 – 2006); GREATBATCH, Wilson (1919 – 2011)

The making of the pacemaker: Celebrating a lifesaving invention. Foreward [extensive] by Seymour Furman.

GMN 7995 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10171

2001 JEFFREY, Kirk

Machines in our hearts: The cardiac pacemaker, the implantable defibrillator, and American health care.

GMN 7191 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9358