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KMID : 1011920140150030024
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International Journal of Arrhythmia
2014 Volume.15 No. 3 p.24 ~ p.30
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Rho Tai-Ho
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Abstract
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In the 1960s, modern pacemakers were first used to treat bradycardia in the Western world. In Korea, the first pacemaker was implanted by a doctor from Norway in a 17-year-old girl who exhibited asystole. Seo Jungsam, Kim Samsoo, and Kim Chongseol are the first Korean doctors to have implanted permanent pacemakers in Korea. In 1975, Park reported 17 cases of temporary and permanent pacemaker and anesthesia in the Korea Anesthesia Journal; his report was the first official report of such cases. By 1982, Kim implanted 44 permanent pacemakers. Permanent pacemakers were widely used in Korea in the early 1980s. In 2012, 3,484 permanent pacemakers were implanted in Korea; this number includes the number of replacements. The number of new implants per million population was 53, which is a very small number as compared with that in the Western and other Asian nations. Further, AV blocks account for 56% of all implantations,
while DDD (dual chamber pacing, dual chamber sensing, dual function) and DDDR (dual chamber rate-responsive) account for 67% of all implantations. In Korea, 127 medical institutions have facilities for pacemaker implantation. The average number of pacemaker implantations per institution is 28.9.
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KEYWORD
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pacemaker, bradycardia, Korea
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