Warning issued on implanted defibrillators

-Winnipeg Sun

10/24/2007- Some 100 cardiac patients with implanted defibrillators are being warned that the electronic devices could potentially harm their hearts.

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority announced yesterday that certain defibrillators manufactured by Medtronic Canada contain potentially faulty wires that may fracture and cause the patient’s heart to receive too many, or not enough, electronic shocks.

Dr. Brock Wright, the WRHA’s chief medical officer, said the possibility of fracture is “small” but the health authority plans to contact and examine all patients who had the potentially defective models implanted after January 2004.

Patients with defibrillators should check their patient ID card for the following model numbers: 6930, 6931, 6948, 6949.

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