The pacemaker inserted into the heart may be defective. The Usl recalls 128 patients
The manufacturing company, the Abbottadvised the Ministry of Health that a pacemaker match could be faulty and, in some cases, will need to be changed soon.
Pacemakers are devices that electrically stimulate the contraction of the heart in cases of heart failure, which is why they are called “lifesavers”.
There are about 83,000 devices potentially subject to this problem worldwide, the multinational specifies.
To date, there are 128 full-blown cases in Italy. In Conegliano, in the Treviso area, 14 out of 15 implanted pacemakers need to be monitored. Same situation in Bassano del Grappa with 12 out of 12 patients to be recalled, in Mestre where the Angelo of 23 devices 18 are from Assurity and Endurity, 4 out of 4 are in Mirano, 5 out of 7 in the civilian of Venice. In Vicenza there are 31 of 37, in Legnago in the Veronese 8 out of 9, in Villafranca, also in the Veronese area, the only one used is of the offending series while in Verona there are 7 out of 31 and in Peschiera del Garda 3 of 57.
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