Vol. 21 No. 4 (2017)
HISTORY OF CARDIAC SURGERY

70 years of the first successful defibrillation in human (Claude Beck, 1947)

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  • A. Semchenko,
  • V. Kaleda
A. Semchenko
Khabarovsk Federal Center for Cardiovascular Surgery, Khabarovsk, Russian Federation
V. Kaleda
Central Clinical Hospital, Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation
Bio
Дефибриллятор К. Бека конструкции Дж. Рэнда (1947 г.). Дар Клода Бека отделу медицины и науки Национального музея американской истории Смитсоновского инс-титута (США)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21688/1681-3472-2017-4-97-104

Published 2017-12-28

Keywords

  • Claude Beck,
  • defibrillation,
  • history of medicine

How to Cite

Semchenko, A., & Kaleda, V. (2017). 70 years of the first successful defibrillation in human (Claude Beck, 1947). Patologiya Krovoobrashcheniya I Kardiokhirurgiya, 21(4), 97–104. https://doi.org/10.21688/1681-3472-2017-4-97-104

Copyright (c) 2017 Semchenko A.N., Kaleda V.I.

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Abstract

Nowadays defibrillation is one of the key methods of human resuscitation. This article provides a brief biography of Professor Claude Beck and the story of the first successful human defibrillation that was performed and described in 1947.

Received 15 September 2017. Revised 30 November 2017. Accepted 1 December 2017.

Funding: The study did not have sponsorship.

Conflict of interest: Authors declare no conflict of interest.

Acknowledgement: The authors thank Boris B. Gorbunov from the Department of Biomedical Systems, National Research University of Electronic Technology (Moscow, Russia) for the access to original Russian publications of the last century and Kay Peterson from the Division of Medicine & Science, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC, USA) for provision of illustration.

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