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. 2019 Dec 20;180(2):198–205. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.5171

Figure 2. Timeline for Device Failures and Adverse Events Before and After Recall of the Pacemaker on November 9, 2015.

Figure 2.

A, Each vertical bar represents 1 device found to have high internal battery impedance (HIBI). B, Each vertical bar represents 1 serious adverse clinical event associated with a device HIBI failure. C, Each vertical bar represents a device failure owing to lifted bond wires; 3 adverse events were associated with this defect and all occurred prior to the recall.

MAUDE indicates Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience database; MHI, Minneapolis Heart Institute.