Hauser has played key roles in the Riata and several other similar, highly disturbing cases, including those involving the Sprint Fidelis ICD leads and the Prizm 2 DR ICD device malfunction.

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The ICD market is one of the fastest-growing segments of the medical devices industry.

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The authors acknowledge that there is also a role for ICD implantation in this population.

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