Recalls of cardiac implants in the last decade: what lessons can we learn?

Due to an ageing population and demographic changes worldwide, a higher prevalence of heart disease is forecasted, which causes an even higher demand for cardiac implants in future. The increasing high incidence of clinical adverse events attributed especially to high-risk medical devices has led an...

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Main Authors: Shixuan Zhang, Christine Kriza, Sandra Schaller, Peter L Kolominsky-Rabas, National Leading-Edge Cluster Medical Technologies Medical Valley EMN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4427435?pdf=render