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Study: Primary care MDs don't know when to recommend defibrillators

July 22, 2008 — 1:05pm ET | By Anne Zieger
A new study suggests that one of the key reasons few patients who need them get implantable defibrillators is that primary care doctors often don't know when to recommend them. Right now, between... Read more...

Trend: Very elderly patients getting more aggressive procedures

July 18, 2008 — 11:23am ET | By Anne Zieger
Should surgeons implant a defibrillator in a 99-year-old patient's heart? This question, which might have seemed academic years ago, is becoming increasingly relevant as patients live longer and ask... Read more...

FDA says CT scans can make medical devices malfunction

July 15, 2008 — 9:39am ET | By Anne Zieger
The FDA has issued a warning that some critical electronic devices may malfunction when patients get CT scans. In fact, CT scans may actually cause some medical devices to shock patients using them,... Read more...

Panel issues care guidelines for heart implant patients

May 15, 2008 — 6:59am ET
In the past, much of the discussion over implantable heart devices like pacemakers and defibrillators was over which patients were suitable candidates--and how to get health plans to pay for them.... Read more...

Defibrillator use delays common, harmful

January 3, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Too often, hospital patients with ventricular arrhythmias aren't treated with defibrillators soon enough, a problem that may have an impact on their survival, according to a new study published in... Read more...

Medtronic sued over faulty defibrillator parts

October 17, 2007 — 6:59am ET
Medical device maker Medtronic has been sued over alleged malfunctions in the leads for its defibrillators, which plaintiffs say gave them unnecessary shocks. Plaintiffs Leonard Stavish and Kelly... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Medtronic asks MDs to stop using defibrillator part; Virginia hospitals struggle with mental health demand; and muc

October 15, 2007 — 6:59am ET
> Heart implant manufacturer Medtronic has asked doctors to stop using a key component in its recent defibrillator models. Read more...

Study: Many defibrillator surgeries unnecessary

January 4, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

A University of Michigan Medical Center study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology finds that up to one third of people who receive defibrillators don't need them. The study suggests that patients who may receive defibrillators should first undergo a test that provides accurate information on how well the heart pumps blood. Instead of undergoing expensive defibrillator surgery, the patients who don't need it could benefit from less invasive procedures. …

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FDA to tighten medical device safety regs

November 12, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

The FDA has announced plans to tighten up regulations governing several medical devices, including stents, pacemakers, implantable defibrillators and other medical devices it regulates. The move was prompted, in part, by concerns over last year's massive defibrillator recalls, which concerned more than 200,000 devices. Among other steps, the FDA would like to see devices marked with a unique …

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Patients face defibrillator recalls

August 14, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

A group of already-vulnerable patients are facing yet another trauma as a wave of implantable heart device recalls hits the market. According Newsday, the FDA has targeted more than 300,000 such devices within the past 18 months alone, the majority of which came from Boston Scientific's Guidant. In some cases, it won't be necessary for doctors to remove the device, but others must go through additional surgery and risk to get the implant out of their body. Generally speaking, …

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