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SPOTLIGHT:Cardiologist groups call for closer monitoring of ICD wires
May 15, 2009 — 1:31pm ET | By Anne Zieger
A group of cardiologists has called for closer monitoring of wire leads that connect to defibrillators and pacemakers in the heart in the wake of serious malfunctions and deaths that took place in 2007. Doctors who treat cardiac arrhythmias are recommending that manufacturers do more to share data on product performance. Article
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