The New York Times Agency May 2010
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(NYT79) MORRISTOWN, N.J. -- Dec. 12, 2007 -- MEDTRONIC-DEFIBRILLATOR -- A Medtronic defibrillator being replaced in Morristown, N.J., in December 2007. On Tuesday, two months after Medtronic warned doctors and nearly a quarter-million patients that a wire, or lead, connecting their electronic defibrillators to their hearts might break, a 48-year-old patient had the lead and defibrillator removed and replaced. It required a painstaking 90-minute operation here at Morristown Memorial Hospital. But thousands of other patients with failing hearts remain trapped in doubt. Their defibrillators are meant to deliver electric shocks to restore normal rhythms if their hearts start beating chaotically. Should they have the potentially faulty wire, or lead, removed -- or leave it in place and hope it does not fail? (Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times)
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