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Do doctors reuse pacemakers?
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Pacemakers: It is illegal to reuse pacemakers in the United States in humans. I am told that they are sometimes used in animals. I saw a paper about reusing devices in humans overseas some time ago, so it perhaps is done in some countries.
Answered 6/5/2014
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