1962年美国的Meltzer和Day分别创立了冠心病监护病房(CCU),对冠心病(AMI)病人进行连续心电观察,及时发现和处理心律失常,显著降低了病死率。此后,欧美各国医院竞相建立CCU,至70年代初已达普及程度。国内于60年代末开始在北京、上海建立CCU,至70年代后期 In 1962, Meltzer and Day in the United States established the coronary care unit (CCU), respectively. Continuous ECG was performed on patients with coronary heart disease (AMI) to detect and manage arrhythmias in time and significantly reduce the case fatality rate. Since then, hospitals in Europe and the United States competing to establish CCU, to the early 70s has reached the level of popularity. In the late 1960s, China began to establish CCUs in Beijing and Shanghai until the late 1970s