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3. Post-CoreValve pacemaker use may be on the decline
Decreasing rates of pacemaker implantation in patients who have undergone TAVI procedures with Medtronic’s CoreValve may hint at solutions to the "pacemaker issue."
2. Bellwether trials of DePuy’s New Jersey hip lawsuit set for late next year
A pair of bellwether trials for DePuy Orthopaedic metal-on-metal hip lawsuits consolidated in New Jersey will take place in September and October 2013.
1. Report: St. Jude probed Riata problems in 2005
St. Jude Medical first learned of potential problems with its Riata pacemaker lead in 2005, 6 years ahead of its recall of the medical devices.
