Anyone quick to dismiss this potential problem need only think back on our humbling recent experiences with ICD failures to recognize that the late manifestation of an unanticipated failure mechanism is a fact of reality in cardiacrhythm devices.
We were invited to participate by the program directors, and as such, provided the Chief Medical Officer of our CardiacRhythm Management Division and several engineers and quality assurance experts to be on hand to answer questions and present requested information.