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• Pediatric Heart Devices Often Approved By FDA Without Clinical Trials Involving Children: Study

  August 15, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  A new study finds that many children's heart implants are approved without researchers actually knowing the effect of those devices on children's bodies.

• Infected Heart Implants Often Left In Place, Despite Risks: Study

  April 13, 2022

  Martha Garcia

  Many patients with heart implant infections choose antibiotics over device removal, despite the higher risk of death, according to the findings of a new study.

• Airpods, Apple Pencil and Other Tech Devices Interfere with Heart Implants, Study Warns

  March 7, 2022

  Randy Dixon, Jr.

  A new study warns that some electronic devices can interfere with the functions of heart implants like pacemakers or defibrillators.

• Abandoned Defibrillator Leads Will Not Interfere With MRIs: Study

  March 1, 2021

  Russell Maas

  A new study suggests patients with abandoned, often defective, implanted defibrillator leads are safe to undergo MRI scans.

• ICD Implants More Likely For Patients Treated By Doctors Receiving Large Payouts From Manufacturer: Study

  November 6, 2020

  Martha Garcia

  A new study finds that which manufacturer paid a doctor the most money may be a bigger determining factor in which ICD patients are implanted with than which one is actually right for them.

• St. Jude Defibrillator Battery Settlement Resolves Class Action Lawsuit in Canada

  August 8, 2019

  Austin Kirk

  A class action lawsuit over battery problems with St. Jude ICDs has resulted in a $5 million settlement in Canada.

• Medtronic Heart Implants, Other Wireless Devices, Have Serious Cybersecurity Flaws, FDA Warns

  March 25, 2019

  Russell Maas

  The FDA warns that cybersecurity weaknesses in Medtronic heart implants could make them vulnerable to hacking.

• Dialysis Clinic Staff Often Fail To Attempt CPR On Patients Suffering Cardiac Arrest: Study

  February 15, 2019

  Martha Garcia

  A new study reveals that not all dialysis clinic patients receive CPR as required when suffering cardiac arrest.

• Wearable Cardioverter–Defibrillators Failed To Reduce Risk Of Death For Recent Heart Attack Patients: Study

  October 4, 2018

  Irvin Jackson

  A new study suggests that wearble heart defibrillators do not increase the risk of survival in patients who recently suffered a heart attack.

• St. Jude ICD, CRT-D Recall Addresses Battery Problems and Cybersecurity Risks

  April 18, 2018

  Irvin Jackson

  The FDA has approved a new update to address battery problems linked to Abbott Laboratories (formerly St. Jude) ICD and CRT-D heart implants.