Patients Facing Death Are Opting for a Lifesaving Heart Device — But at What Risk?
KHN
DECEMBER 19, 2023
The men’s deaths are among more than 4,500 reports since August 2017 in which the HeartMate 3 may have caused or contributed to a patient’s death, according to a KFF Health News analysis of the FDA’s database of medical device incidents, known as the Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience , or MAUDE.
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