He would like other centers in the United States and Europe to form their own pacemaker reutilization programs.

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He says those studies showed no real difference when a used pacemaker was compared to a new one.

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If a heart beats too slowly, the pacemaker will use electrical signals to help set a normal rate.

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One of his patients asked if someone might be given her pacemaker for reuse after she died.

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He says reusing a pacemaker is an ethical way to provide health care to those who have no other way to get one.

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One of his patients asked if someone might have her pacemaker for reuse after she died.

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A pacemaker is a small device that doctors place in people with an abnormal heartbeat.

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Like the cardiac pacemaker, one of which we show on the exhibition as well."

VOA: special.2011.01.31

Buying and implanting a pacemaker costs from five thousand to fifteen thousand dollars.

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"If we show that this is safe, other academic centers in the United States as well as in Europe can then form their own pacemaker reutilization programs and really help out countries in Africa, really help out countries in Asia, who really have no other access to these type of devices."

VOA: special.2010.06.02