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Higher number of fatalities connected with Medtronic heart device
Medtronic Inc. has issued a letter to doctors stating that a defective lead wire in its popular heart defibrillator, which was recalled in October 2007, may have contributed to the deaths of 13 individuals in which the heart devices were implanted, according to the Star Tribune. That death toll is up from the medical device company’s original estimate two years ago of five deaths.
