Patients’ and Family Members’ Views on Pacemaker Reuse: an International Survey
Andrew B. Hughey, MD,1 Palaniappan Muthappan, MD,2 Auroa Badin, MD,3 Timir Baman, MD,4 Naila Baig-Ansari, PhD,5 Fayez Jawed, MSc,6 Abdul B. Khan, MBBS,7Qingmei Jiang, MA, MS,1 Katherine L. Hughey, MD,8 Rolando Jirón Toruño, MD,9Christian Machado, MD,10 Marwan M. Refaat,11 MD, Patrick Zakka, MD,12Mostafa Hotait, MD,11 Kim A. Eagle, MD,1 Thomas C. Crawford, MD1
1 University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine, Internal Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
2 Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Internal Medicine, Dayton, OH, USA
3 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Internal Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, USA
4 OSF Healthcare, Cardiology, Peoria, IL, USA
5 The Indus Hospital, Indus Hospital Research Center, Karachi, Pakistan
6 Sofregen Inc., Medford, MA, USA
7 Indus Hospital, Indus Hospital Research Center, Karachi, Pakistan
8 University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine, Family Medicine Ann Arbor, MI, USA
9 Centro Nacional Cardiologia, Cardiologia, Managua, Nicaragua
10 Providence Hospital and Medical Center, Cardiology/Electrophysiology, Southfield, Michigan, USA, Wayne State University, Internal Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA
11 Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine Division, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon
12 Emory University School of Medicine, Internal Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Short Title: Patients’ and Family Members’ views on pacemaker reuse