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. 2023 Sep 11;15(9):e45048. doi: 10.7759/cureus.45048

Table 2. Inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Inclusion criteria      Exclusion criteria
Papers written and published in English language or translated from another language into English Gray literature
Papers focussing on patients of all age groups Papers published before 2018
Papers focusing on humans only Opinion texts 
Papers discussing the three types of CIEDs: pacemakers, defibrillators, and cardiac resynchronization therapy  Papers discussing leadless pacemakers 
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