Medical technology
Subtitle: for some cardiac pacemaker leads, the public health risks are still high : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives
By: United States General Accounting Office [Program Evaluation and Methodology Division].
Contributors: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Publisher: The Division; GAO [distributor
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Gaithersburg, MD (P.O. Box 6015, Gaithersburg 20877)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Medtronic, Inc.; United States. Food and Drug Administration -- Auditing.; Cardiac pacemakers -- Safety regulations -- United States -- Evaluation.; Product recall -- United States.; Biocompatible Materials -- adverse effects.; Equipment Safety -- standards -- United States.; Pacemaker, Artificial -- standards -- United States.
Other titles: For some cardiac pacemaker leads, the public health risks are still high.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 52).
Cover title.
"September 1992."
"GAO/PEMD-92-20."
"B-243893"--P. 1.