Patients Were Implanted with Heart Pumps That the FDA Knew Could Be Dangerous

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Post by aalam » Thu, Aug 05, 2021, 10:34 PM UTC

Patients Were Implanted with Heart Pumps That the FDA Knew Could Be Dangerous
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Re: Patients Were Implanted with Heart Pumps That the FDA Knew Could Be Dangerous

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Post by perl4ever » Thu, Aug 05, 2021, 11:29 PM UTC

The title irks me.

I can't really imagine an implanted heart pump that couldn't be dangerous.

Re: Patients Were Implanted with Heart Pumps That the FDA Knew Could Be Dangerous

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Post by aalam » Thu, Aug 05, 2021, 11:59 PM UTC

perl4ever wrote: post #2

The title irks me. I can't really imagine an implanted heart pump that couldn't be dangerous.

“Defective” could have been more precise, and would match the reporting (though I kept the title close to the source material’s to meet HN guidelines, truncating the start to meet the character limit).

Re: Patients Were Implanted with Heart Pumps That the FDA Knew Could Be Dangerous

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Post by Accujack » Fri, Aug 06, 2021, 12:43 AM UTC

perl4ever wrote: post #2

The title irks me. I can't really imagine an implanted heart pump that couldn't be dangerous.

You'd be surprised. FDA rules require medical products to be safe, among other things. An implanted pump that's dangerous is the exception, not the rule (as it should be).