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Arne Larsson (patient)
Swedish, first person worldwide with a cardiac pacemaker implant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Arne Larsson (26 May 1915[1] – 28 December 2001) was the first patient to receive an artificial cardiac pacemaker. The first two pacemakers were implanted by Åke Senning in 1958. Arne lived for another forty-three years and during that time went through twenty-six pacemakers.[2]
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He died from melanoma on 28 December 2001 after being diagnosed two years prior.[3]
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