St. Jude Defibrillator May Still be Problematic
A new study says that the changes St. Jude Medical Inc. made to its heart defibrillator leads may not solve the problem of insulation defects that could possibly lead the device to fail and cause patient death. The study by cardiologist Robert Hauser of the Minneapolis Heart Institute found that insulation issues with St. Jude’s Riata ST Optim and its newer