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Original Research

Social determinants of pacemaker reuse among patients and family members in Pakistan

Bilal Mustafaa Department of Cardiology, Akbar Niazi Teaching Hospital, Islamabad, PakistanView further author information
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Hamza Buttb Department of Medicine, Services Hospital, Lahore, PakistanView further author information
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Muhammad Shahbaz Khanc Department of Cardiology, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, PakistanView further author information
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Sarim Rashidd Department of General Surgery, East Lancashire NHS Trust, Lancashire, UKView further author information
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Tayyiba Ahmed Noore Department of Medicine, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, PakistanView further author information
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Shafiq Alamf Department of Cardiology, Mardan Medical Complex, Mardan, PakistanView further author information
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Waheed Ashrafg Department of Cardiology, Abbas Institute of Medical Sciences, Muzaffarabad, PakistanView further author information
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Jahanzeb Malikh Department of Clinical Electrophysiology, Cardiovascular Analytics Group, Hong Kong, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9343-4187View further author information
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Pages 145-150 | Received 04 Nov 2022, Accepted 03 Feb 2023, Published online: 09 Feb 2023

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