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View ArticleGuidant Initiates Voluntary Physician Advisory on Certain Pacemakers
Guidant Corporation said today that it is informing physicians about two separate failure modes, each occurring at a low rate, being monitored within the INSIGNIA(R) and NEXUS(R) families of Guidant...
View ArticleGuidant Issues Fifth Product Recall This Year
Guidant Corp. issued recalls Thursday for some of its best-selling pacemakers. Citing problems with the Insignia and Nexus families of implantable pacemakers, Guidant informed physicians that the...
View ArticleFDA Study Shows Defibrillator Malfunctions are on the Rise
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released its review of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and pacemaker (PM) malfunctions for the period from 1990-2002. The findings were...
View ArticleGuidant’s Troubles Continue to Grow
Criminal investigators at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have joined the agency’s probe into how Guidant Corporation handled problems with its heart devices, according to Thursday’s New York...
View ArticleRisk cited in replacing heart device
A new study suggests that for some patients with implanted heart defibrillators that have been recalled by the manufacturer, replacing the device might be riskier than leaving it in. Canadian...
View ArticleReplacing Heart Device Found Risky
Surgery to replace potentially defective heart defibrillators carries an unexpectedly high rate of serious complications, including death, according to a study published today. The research in the...
View ArticleStudies show implanted heart device can malfunction, but removal's risky
Implantable defibrillators, which can deliver a life-saving shock to people with damaged hearts, have had a roller-coaster record of reliability, as the rate of malfunctions fell in the early years,...
View ArticleFDA Update Statement On Boston Scientific/Guidant Pacemakers And Defibrillators
The FDA met last week with Boston Scientific/Guidant to discuss the firm's recent announcement that several models of pacemakers and implantable defibrillators should be removed from hospital...
View ArticleChanging ICD generator elevates risk factor for Sprint Fidelis lead failures
Patients relying on an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) are more likely to experience malfunctions and failures with the Sprint Fidelis leads connecting it to the heart if they change the...
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