Perioperative Management of Pacemaker Patients

by John L. Atlee

The book was first conceived at a symposium held at the University of Graz, Austria in May 1990: PerioperativeManagement of Pacemaker Patients. Symposium participantsincluded representatives of the pacemaker industry,implanting surgeons, cardiologists, anesthesiologists,radiologists and other physicians involved in diagnostic andtherapeutic interventions in pacemaker patients. There is awealth of new information presented in this book, addressingthe issues of diagnosis, prevention, and management ofpacemaker malfunction in hospital settings. Further, theeditors' approach to the problem is novel in that they haverecruited authorities from a number of disciplines topresent their views.

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First published August 19, 1992

About the author

Dr. Atlee earned his BA from Franklin and Marshall College, 1963; his Doctor of Medicine (1967) from Temple University, and a Master of Science in Pharmacology as a postdoctoral research fellow (1970) from Temple University Graduate School of Medicine. He was a staff anesthesiologist at the United States Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland (1970-1973). He and his wife then moved to Wisconsin, where he was a Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and later a Professor at The Medical College of Wisconsin. During those tenures, he was a member of and consultant to numerous academic medical institutions, professional medical societies, boards and organizations. Additionally, Dr. Atlee frequently lectured abroad and was a prolific writer of textbooks and peer reviewed journal articles. In retirement he pursued his entrepreneurial interests by working to develop medical devices. His many accomplishments testify to the Atlee family's long history of serving as physicians in America, dating back to colonial times.