Correspondence, C. Walton Lillehei to Doris Rufsvold suggesting the purchase of a P-Wave pacemaker
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Title
Correspondence, C. Walton Lillehei to Doris Rufsvold suggesting the purchase of a P-Wave pacemaker
Subject
Open Heart Surgery
Creator
C. Walton Lillehei
Source
"Operating Room Correspondence, 1954-1966," Box 93, C. Walton Lillehei papers, uarc2000-7, University of Minnesota Archives
Publisher
University of Minnesota
Date
18-Oct-61
Contributor
Miss Doris Rufsvold
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Document
Language
eng
Identifier
oh0206
Coverage
Open Heart Surgery
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October 18, 1961
Miss Doris Rufsvold
Operating Room
Box 66
Dear Miss Rufsvold:
I would like to request that the operating room secure
one P-Wave pacemaker from Medtronics for use in patients.
This is a new type of pacemaker for use in patients
suffering block after open heart surgery and its advantage is the fact
that it should increase the efficiency of the heart's action when in block
and under electrical stimulation about 25 - 35% beyond the conventional
pacemakers that we now have. This could be a very important factory
in making the difference between survival and non-survival in the first
24 - 48 hours in some poor risk patients.
The cost of this pacemaker is $700. If you should desire
or want any additional information, I would be very happy to talk to you
or Mr. Frawly about this.
Most sincerely yours,
C. Walton Lillehei, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
CWL/hj
cc: Mr. Gerard Frawley
Miss Genevieve Scholtes
Blind copy: Dr. David Siegal
Miss Doris Rufsvold
Operating Room
Box 66
Dear Miss Rufsvold:
I would like to request that the operating room secure
one P-Wave pacemaker from Medtronics for use in patients.
This is a new type of pacemaker for use in patients
suffering block after open heart surgery and its advantage is the fact
that it should increase the efficiency of the heart's action when in block
and under electrical stimulation about 25 - 35% beyond the conventional
pacemakers that we now have. This could be a very important factory
in making the difference between survival and non-survival in the first
24 - 48 hours in some poor risk patients.
The cost of this pacemaker is $700. If you should desire
or want any additional information, I would be very happy to talk to you
or Mr. Frawly about this.
Most sincerely yours,
C. Walton Lillehei, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
CWL/hj
cc: Mr. Gerard Frawley
Miss Genevieve Scholtes
Blind copy: Dr. David Siegal
Original Format
Paper
Citation
C. Walton Lillehei, “Correspondence, C. Walton Lillehei to Doris Rufsvold suggesting the purchase of a P-Wave pacemaker,” Gallery, accessed November 8, 2026, https://gallerytemp.reclaim.hosting/items/show/3246.