[Constant endocardiac stimulation of the heart ventricles controlled by atrial biopotential]

The technique procedures and the first clinical experience of the atrial biopotential controlled endocardiac electric stimulation of the ventricles applied to 14 patients 17 to 72 years old with complete or intermittent atrio-ventricular block and attacks of Morgagni-Adams-Stocks disease are described. An endocardial detector electrode designed by German scientists was used to take biopotentials of the atrium. The stimulation proved successful in all the patients who were kept under observations for a period from 1 to 30 months. Advantages of the method under review are set forth.