In a recent case of misleading safety reports a high school football coach was knocked unconscious when the defibrillator implanted in him malfunctioned. This is the case for a growing number of patients having received the St. Jude Medical defibrillator, some cases resulting in death. The defibrillators leads wore out of their cases causing them to malfunction. Critics say that the information regarding the risk of the leads was not made known to the extent it should have been, showing how important regulation is.
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