Holland news: defective pacemakers worldwide

In Denmark there has just been a news update that cardiologists in Holland have discovered a large amount of defective pacemakers around the world. Does anyone know about this? Which brand name and type?


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re:defective pacemakers worldwide

by jcb - 2012-06-24 07:06:03

This is about the St Judes Riata leads. The problem was reported about 6 months ago by St. Judes. A follow-up study in the Netherlands showed that in about 15% of the cases there was something wrong with the leads.

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