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Heart pumps recalled after reports of 14 deaths, over 270 injuries: FDAAbbott Laboratories’ Thoratec Corp. is recalling 13,883 HeartMate II and HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Systems according to the Class I recall, which the FDA says is the most serious type.
Ventricular assist devices are mechanical pumps that take over the function of the damaged ventricle in order to re-establish normal hemodynamics and end-organ blood flow. In addition, VADs unload ...
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Heart pumps recalled after reports of 14 deaths: FDAAbbott Laboratories’ Thoratec Corp. is recalling 13,883 HeartMate II and HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Systems according to the Class I recall, which the FDA says is the most serious type.
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