Machines in Our Hearts: The Cardiac Pacemaker, the Implantable Defibrillator, and American Health Care

Contents: 1 Heart Block and the Heart Tickler 2 The War on Heart Disease and the Invention of Cardiac Pacing 3 Heart Surgeons Redefine Cardiac Pacing 4 The Multiple Invention of Implantable Pacemakers 5 Making the Pacemaker Safe and Reliable 6 The Industrialization of the Pacemaker 7 The Pacemaker Becomes a Flexible Machine 8 Slowing the Pace: The Industry's Time of Troubles 9 Competition through Innovation: Accelerating the Pace of Change 10 Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death: The Implantable Defibrillator