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That was the tribute paid to Drs. William Kouwenhoven of Johns Hopkins University and Paul Zoll of Harvard Medical School by Heart Surgeon Michael DeBakey, chairman of the jury that last week selected them as winners of the annual Albert Lasker research awards.- The two researchers were chosen for their development of techniques and devices that save or prolong more than 150,000 lives a year. Between them, they have made it possible to control a variety of heart rhythm disorders, to restart a stopped heart, and to convert a faulty pulse into a steady beat...
...Zoll's research began in 1952 when he was the first to demonstrate that a heart can be induced to resume beating by electrical stimulation...
...Later, Zoll invented an electrical device known as a defibrillator. This device allows doctors to control erratic heartbeats without surgery...
...Zoll's theories on electrically controlled heart rhythm later led to the development of the pacemaker, a device implanted in the body that emits electrical charges to regularize heart beats. More than 100,000 Americans are using pacemakers today...
...entire coronary care unit found in most modern hospitals is based on Zoll's work, the award citation said...