FDA Warns Doctors to Stop Using Heart Pump Tied to Deaths

FDA Warns Doctors to Stop Using Heart Pump Tied to Deaths
The Medronic logo is reflected in a lake at the company's offices in Fridley, Minn., on Aug. 29, 2019. Jim Mone/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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WASHINGTON—U.S. health regulators warned surgeons Thursday to stop implanting a heart pump made by Medtronic due to power failures recently tied to cases of stroke and more than a dozen deaths.

Medtronic said earlier in the day it would stop selling its Heartware assist device, which is intended to boost blood circulation in patients with heart failure.