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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;The recent spate of fractures and deaths occurring due to
the Medtronic Sprint Fidelis leads has resulted in a recall by the company.
Patients affected by the recall of the heart leads may be facing a dilemna of
either having &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" mce_href="http://www.lawyersforclients.com/medtronic-defibrillator-leads" href="http://www.lawyersforclients.com/medtronic-defibrillator-leads"&gt;lead replacement surgery&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;or living
with the defective heart lead from their defibrillator that could fracture,
fail to provide the necessary cardiac rhythm disease management, and cause
death.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;

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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Due to the enormous risks that face patients with a
recalled Medtronic lead, each patient should seek out a doctors advice
regarding &lt;a target="_blank" mce_href="http://www.lawyersforclients.com/medtronic-defibrillator-leads" href="http://www.lawyersforclients.com/medtronic-defibrillator-leads"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;lead replacement surgery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Each patient&#8217;s individual circumstances and
the associated risks with each course of action should be thoroughly evaluated
before deciding whether or not &lt;a target="_blank" mce_href="http://www.lawyersforclients.com/" href="http://www.lawyersforclients.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;lead replacement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
is appropriate. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;

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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Recently the CEO and president of Medtronic was quoted as
saying &#8220;these things happen..&#8221; . &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;

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&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Patients who are affected by the defective lead
recall and who are facing this delimna of undergoing &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" mce_href="http://www.lawyersforclients.com/medtronic-defibrillator-leads" href="http://www.lawyersforclients.com/medtronic-defibrillator-leads"&gt;lead
replacement surgery&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;or not have been contacting lawyers to sue the
company.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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