Global disparities in cardiac pacemaker therapy: Problem statement, potential solution, and call to action

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: jmarine2@jhmi.edu.
² Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Frankel Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
³ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁵ Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, South Denver Cardiology Associates, Littleton, Colorado.
⁶ Stony Brook Heart Institute, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York.
⁷ Arrhythmia Center, Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta, Georgia.

Review

Joseph E Marine et al. Heart Rhythm. 2019 Jan.

. 2019 Jan;16(1):153-155.

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2018.10.006. Epub 2018 Oct 12.

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: jmarine2@jhmi.edu.
² Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Frankel Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
³ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁵ Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, South Denver Cardiology Associates, Littleton, Colorado.
⁶ Stony Brook Heart Institute, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York.
⁷ Arrhythmia Center, Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta, Georgia.

No abstract available

Keywords: Bradycardia; Global health; Humanitarian; Pacemaker; Resterilization.

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