July 1, 2005
FDA ALERT
Guidant Implantable Defibrillators
and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillators:
UPDATED recall information
MedWatch - The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event
Reporting Program
FDA provided an update to healthcare professionals and
consumers with additional information on the relative
health risks of the 11 devices affected by this recall.
Read the complete MedWatch 2005 Safety summary, including
links to the original 6/21 notice, the 6/24 update and
7/1 FDA news release, at:
http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/SAFETY/2005/safety05.htm#Guidant