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CHICAGO — Guidant Corp. (GDT)
Friday said the Food and Drug Administration has classified the
recall of some of its recently recalled implantable heart devices as Class
I, its highest priority.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Guidant Corp. on Friday issued its second safety advisory in a week about its implantable defibrillators, telling doctors to stop using five of the models because they could malfunction and may have to be recalled. Associated Press ... more
Guidant Corp. admitted Friday that flaws in its heart defibrillators were more widespread than previously divulged and issued a recall for 50,000 of the devices. ...more
For three
years, Denise Neal's defibrillator helped her heart function properly.
But this week the device caused her heartache.
...more
INDIANAPOLIS — More than 20,600 Guidant Corp. cardiac defibrillators recalled last month have a malfunction that could cause serious injury or death, federal regulators said Friday in classifying the devices as the most urgent recall priority. ...more
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