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Urgent Safety Notice on implantable cardioverter defibrillators Convert+ V-195, St. Jude Medical

Product group Active implantable medical devices
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St. Jude Medical has issued an urgent field safety notice on implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD), model Convert+ V-195. There is a risk of high voltage therapy not being available after antitachycardia pacing (ATP) in the ventricular tachycardia zone (VT), as a result of a programmer software error.

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