Editing Pacemaker (section)

=== Reusable pacemakers ===

Worldwide each year, in a simple procedure to avoid explosions, thousands of pacemakers are removed from bodies to be cremated. Pacemakers with significant remaining battery life are potentially life-saving devices for people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-24828244/ |title=British charity calls for re-use of pacemakers abroad |journal=BBC News |access-date=2018-07-31|date=2013-11-19 |last1=Mazumdar |first1=Tulip }}</ref> The [[National Academy of Medicine|Institute of Medicine]], a US [[non-governmental organization]], has reported that inadequate access to advanced cardiovascular technologies is a major contributor to cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality in LMICs. Ever since the 1970s, multiple studies worldwide have reported on the safety and efficacy of pacemaker reuse. {{As of|2016}}, widely acceptable standards for safe pacemaker and ICD reuse had not been developed, and there continued to be legal and regulatory barriers to widespread adoption of medical device reuse.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Crawford |first1=TC |last2=Eagle |first2=KA |title=Reuse of cardiac implantable electronic devices to improve and extend lives: a call to action. |journal=Heart Asia |date=2017 |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=34–35 |doi=10.1136/heartasia-2016-010835 |pmid=28191825 |pmc=5278341}}</ref>