Patients’ knowledge and attitudes regarding living with implantable electronic devices: results of a multicentre, multinational patient survey conducted by the European Heart Rhythm Association

Department of Cardiology and Institute for Surgical Research, Center for Cardiological Innovation, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway; Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Cardiology Clinic, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Serbia; Division of Cardiology, Cardiac Arrhythmias Management Department, Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France; Service de Cardiologie—Hôpital Timone Adultes, 264 Rue Saint Pierre, Marseille, 13385 Cedex 05, France; Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital, 5021 Bergen, Norway; Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, 5021 Bergen, Norway; Cardiology Clinic, Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases and Transplant, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tirgu Mures, Romania; Intensive Care Unit, Geriatric Cardiology and Medicine Division, Experimental and Clinical Medicine Department, University of Florence and AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy; Department of Cardiology, Congenital Heart Disease and Electrotherapy, Silesian Medical University, Silesian Centre for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland; Cardiology Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Alcala University, 28034 Madrid, Spain; Department of Cardiology, Thrombosis & Drug Research Unit, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark; Department of Cardiology, Institution of Medical Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Internal Medicine I—Cardiology, Palack y University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic; University Heart Center Lübeck, Medical Clinic II (Cardiology/Angiology/Intensive Care Medicine), University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Lübeck, Germany; Unità di Aritmologia, Dipartimento Cardiotoracovascolare, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Head of the Department of Cardiology, KSW 2, Rzeszów, Poland; Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland; and Department of Electrophysiology, University Leipzig Heart Center, 04289 Leipzig, Germany