Manufacturer recalls 50,000 heart Defibrillators

[leftchick]

http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-bzdefi0618,0,3669873.story?coll=ny-leadhealthnews-headlines

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"FDA's first priority is patient safety," said Daniel Schultz, director of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health. "We want to ensure that all patients who may be affected by this problem are notified and seek appropriate medical advice from their physicians."

In March, a 21-year-old Minnesota man who had the Guidant Ventak Prizm 2 Model 1861 died after it malfunctioned. Another death and 45 failures have been reported for several Guidant defibrillator models, including the Ventak.

The recall includes the Ventak made on or before April 16, 2002, the Contak Renewal Model H135, and Contak Renewal 2 Model H155 made on or before Aug. 26, 2004. Guidant will replace these models at no cost, if necessary. Also recalled are the Ventak Prizm AVT, the Vitality AVT, Renewal 3 AVT and Renewal 4 AVT. Guidant said they can be reprogrammed at a doctor's office to reduce the risk of a short circuit.

FDA spokeswoman Julie Zawisza said the agency is aware of Guidant's failure to warn doctors of the problems for more than three years and is concerned about it. Zawisza also said the FDA will examine whether Guidant reported all its defibrillator problems to the agency in a timely manner.



.....doesn't cheney have one of these things in hs chest?

[Fridays Child]

1. According to this article, Cheney has one made by Medtronic...

...which has also had problems:

http://www.gadsdentimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050524/ZNYT04/505240340/1011

[xultar]

2. That's gonna be one long mutherfuckin line.

[AndyTiedye]

3. That "Heart Attack" Stuff is a Cover Story

The only kind of heart attack that Cheney can suffer is: