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GUIDANT ISSUES WARNINGS ON 28,000 PACEMAKERS.
ON THE STEPS OF THOUSANDS OF GUIDANT DEFIBRILLATORS BEING RECALLED,THERE IS MORE TROUBLE FOR GUIDANT.
Guidant Corp. warned physicians that replacements might be needed for nine pacemaker models made between 1997 and 2000, of which some 28,000 remain implanted in patients nationwide.
The Indianapolis-based company, which last month recalled almost 109,000 defibrillators, released a warning that says a sealing component in the pacemakers has degraded in some cases, resulting in higher than normal moisture in the devices and possible malfunction.
Guidant said that it has identified 69 failures among the pacemakers- all after they had been used for at least 44 months. The models
include:
- PULSAR MAX
- DISCOVERY,MERIDIAN
- PULSAR MAX 11
- DISCOVERY 11
- VIRTUS PLUS 22
- INTELIS 11
- CONTAK TR
SEVERAL PATIENTS HAVE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS OR DEVELOPED POSSIBLE HEART FAILURE.
If you or a loved one has had or currently has implanted a Guidant
pacemaker and have had the following problems, please call us today:
- Revision surgeries
- Heart attack/Heart Failures
- Lost Consciousness
- Hospitalization
- Risk of Infection
- Extensive Rehabilitation
- Malfunction
- Death
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