Using reconditioned pacemakers to treat bradycardia in Africa

Nat Rev Cardiol. 2018 Dec;15(12):725-726. doi: 10.1038/s41569-018-0076-y.

Kevin Wunderly¹, Zaheer Yousef², Aimé Bonny^{3

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5}, Kevin J Weatherwax⁶, Balasundaram Lavan⁷, Craig Allmendinger⁸, Brad Wasserman⁹, George Samson¹⁰, Sheldon Davis¹¹, George Nel³, James Russell³, Constantine Akwanalo³, Mahmoud U Sani^{3

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13}, Ashely Chin^{3

14}, Olujimi A Ajijola^{3

15}, Bongani M Mayosi^{3

14}, Kim A Eagle^{1

11}, Thomas C Crawford^{16

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¹ Michigan Cardiovascular Outcome Research and Reporting Program, University of Michigan, Ann Abor, MI, USA.
² Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
³ Pan African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR), Cape Town, South Africa.
⁴ District Hospital of Bonassama, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon.
⁵ Centre hospitalier V. Dupouy, Argenteuil, France.
⁶ Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁷ Pace4Life, London, UK.
⁸ NEScientific, Waterbury, CT, USA.
⁹ Implant Recycling, Sterling Heights, MI, USA.
¹⁰ World Medical Relief, Southfield, MI, USA.
¹¹ Project My Heart Your Heart, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
¹² Bayero University Kano, Kano, Nigeria.
¹³ Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria.
¹⁴ University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
¹⁵ Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
¹⁶ Michigan Cardiovascular Outcome Research and Reporting Program, University of Michigan, Ann Abor, MI, USA. thomcraw@umich.edu.
¹⁷ Project My Heart Your Heart, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. thomcraw@umich.edu.

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