VENTAK PRIZM AVT is a type of device designed to provide atrial therapy. These products are
subject to the Guidant recall and suffer from a memory error that may eliminate the availability of certain therapies.
Two incidents of failure have been noted for devices that provide atrial therapies, including the VENTAK PRIZM AVT.
Neither of these failures was reported to cause a patient death or serious injury. These failures were reported from a
group of 21,000 devices implanted worldwide, including 18,000 that have been implanted in the United States.
Guidant has recommended a programming change that can reduce the risk of injury or death due to this
product defect.
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