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