Reconditioned pacemakers provide new hope for patients in low- and middle-income countries


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This press release accompanies a presentation at ESC Congress 2025.  

It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Society of Cardiology. 

 

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Funding: The project is funded by private philanthropic donations.  

Disclosures: Doctor Crawford has no disclosures to report related to this trial. 

References and notes: 

1‘Project MHYH: One-Year Results’ presented during HOT LINE 9 on 1 September 2025 at 08:59 to 09:11 in Madrid (Main Auditorium). 

2Bonny A, Ngantcha M, Jeilan M, et al. Statistics on the use of cardiac electronic devices and interventional electrophysiological procedures in Africa from 2011 to 2016: report of the Pan African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR) Cardiac Arrhythmias and Pacing Task Forces. Europace. 2018;20:1513–1526. 

3Crawford TC, Allmendinger C, Snell J, et al. Cleaning and sterilization of used cardiac implantable electronic devices with process validation: the next hurdle in device recycling. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2017;3:623–631. 

 

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