Pacemaker and Implantable Defibrillator Complication Rates Appear Hospital-Specific, Study Finds
A new study finds that the hospital itself may be a determining factor in whether heart implant patients suffer complications.…
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A new study finds that the hospital itself may be a determining factor in whether heart implant patients suffer complications.…
The FDA warns that recalled Medtronic heart implants known as implantable pulse generators could stop working due to a circuit error, resulting in serious injury or death.…
A new study highlights concerns with the FDA’s approval process for high-risk medical devices, pointing out more than a dozen times heart devices were recalled following approval over the last several years.…
Medtronic is recalling a number of ICD and CRT-D heart implants due to a defect which could prevent them from providing life-saving shocks to patients.…
A new report indicates that Medicare spent $1.5 billion on failed and recalled heart implant replacements over a 10 year period, and called for more specific medical device identification on Medicare claims.…