If the heart rhythm isn't restored, which requires a defibrillator, death usually occurs within 10 to 12 minutes.

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The Heart Rhythm Society, a medical group, hasn't advised doctors whether to remove the leads, and is awaiting further data.

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The companies ran the required test and in June said results showed Bydureon wasn't associated with a clinically relevant prolonged measure of heart rhythm.

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