Expert Consensus Statement on Pacemaker Device and Mode Selection Developed in partnership between the Heart Rhythm Society ( HRS ) and the American College of Cardiology Foundation ( ACCF ) and in collaboration with the Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Anne M. Gillis, MD, FHRS, Andrea M. Russo, MD, FHRS, FACC, Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, FHRS, FACC, Charles D. Swerdlow, MD, FHRS, CCDS, FACC, Brian Olshansky, MD, FHRS, CCDS, FACC, Sana M. Al-Khatib, MD, MHS, FHRS, CCDS, FACC, John F. Beshai, MD, FHRS, FACC, Janet M. McComb, MD, FHRS, Jens Cosedis Nielsen, MD, Jonathan M. Philpott, MD, Win-Kuang Shen, MD, FHRS, FACC From University of Calgary, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Alberta, Canada, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Hospital, New Jersey, USA, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, irginia, USA, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, California, USA, University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa, USA, Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina, USA, University of Chicago Hospitals, Illinois, USA, Freeman ospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, Skejby Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, Mid-Atlantic Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Virginia, USA, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Arizona, USA. Representing the Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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