ICD Firms Should Report All Malfunctions To Doctors And Patients – Maisel
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA should require ICD manufacturers to publish a comprehensive annual report on device reliability and malfunction data, according to William Maisel, MD, Harvard Medical School
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