Heart Pump Is Linked to 49 Deaths, the F.D.A. Warns

www.nytimes.com Heart Pump Is Linked to 49 Deaths, the F.D.A. Warns

The agency faulted the device maker for delayed notice of mounting complications, citing increasing reports of how use of the device perforated the walls of the heart.

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Damn I misread that as "Lil Pump" at a glance and I was like sheeeeeeet...

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- I misread it as Heat Pump. I was like, was this one particularly murderous heat pump or a gang of them?
  
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  I misread it as heat pump, was sure I was wrong, read it again and got it wrong again. So... I guess I'm glad you wrote this comment to get me to read it a third time.
  
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  Me too, I was all, “Technology Connections lied to me!” But now we good
  
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Shit, we use those at my job

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Well, in this particular patient population, I think you're kind of damned if you do, damned if you don't. We always seem to prefer the risk of intervention over the risks of conservative management

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