Heart Valve Disease Injury Lawsuits
Heart Valve Disease Lawsuits. Heart valve disease occurs when the valve cannot open all the way because of disease or injury, so blood has a hard time flowing to the next heart chamber. Or the value does not close completely, and blood leaks backwards. As a result, the heart has to work harder to pump blood or blood may back up in … [Read more...] about Heart Valve Disease Injury Lawsuits
Recently Approved Medtronic Heart Valve Device under Class 1 Recall
Heart Valve Device Under Class 1 Recall. A component Medtronic's CoreValve Evolut R heart valve device is under Class 1 recall less than two months after receiving Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval. The recall of the EnVeo R loading system has been designated a Class 1 recall, which is the FDA's most serious … [Read more...] about Recently Approved Medtronic Heart Valve Device under Class 1 Recall
Parkinson’s Drugs May Have More Risks
Risk of Heart Valve Damage With Parkinson's Drugs. The risk of heart valve damage with two drugs for Parkinson's disease may be far greater than was known, new research suggests. The drugs are not the main treatment for Parkinson's, but one is also sometimes used to treat restless legs syndrome. A study by Italian researchers … [Read more...] about Parkinson’s Drugs May Have More Risks
Judge Allows Valve Case Against St. Jude To Proceed
U.S. District Judge reduced the number of potential plaintiffs in the lengthy lawsuit. A judge's ruling will allow a class-action lawsuit over a defective heart valve to proceed against St. Jude Medical Inc., even though federal regulators approved the device. U.S. District Judge John Tunheim on Monday also reduced the number of … [Read more...] about Judge Allows Valve Case Against St. Jude To Proceed
Heart Valve Patients Can Sue Maker
Canadians who received certain silver-coated heart valves can sue the company that made them. An Ontario judge has ruled that Canadians who received certain silver-coated heart valves can sue the company that made them. Silzone mechanical heart valves, by St. Jude Medical, were coated in silver, the company says, to reduce the … [Read more...] about Heart Valve Patients Can Sue Maker
Husband Sues Over Wife’s Death
British man has begun legal proceedings against the American manufacturers of a heart valve. A British man has begun legal proceedings against the American manufacturers of a heart valve he claims contributed to the death of his wife. Myrtle McCombe, 44, of Cookstown, Northern Ireland, died on 3 July 1998, two months after she … [Read more...] about Husband Sues Over Wife’s Death
Heart Valve Abnormalities Examined
Diet Drug May Cause Heart Valve Abnormality. In the largest study of its kind, Duke University Medical Center researchers found that the longer a person used a popular duet of diet drugs known as "fen/phen," the greater the likelihood they had a heart valve abnormality. Duke researchers said in a report prepared for the annual … [Read more...] about Heart Valve Abnormalities Examined
Sheily Inc Notify Patients of Heart Valve
Risk of fracture for some sizes of these valves may be higher. The Food and Drug Administration has asked Shiley Inc. of Irvine, Calif., the maker of Bjork-Shiley heart valves, to notify patients and physicians that risk of fracture for some sizes of these valves may be higher than previously thought. The fracture rate for the … [Read more...] about Sheily Inc Notify Patients of Heart Valve
