Rune Elmqvist was a Swedish physician turned engineer who developed the first implantable pacemaker in 1958. He worked under the direction of Ake Senning, a senior physician and cardiac surgeon at the Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Sweden.
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Rune Elmqvist (1 December 1906-15 December 1996) was a Swedish physician turned engineer who developed the first implantable pacemaker in 1958, working under the direction of Åke Senning, senior physician and cardiac surgeon at the Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Sweden.
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