U.S. Gov't & U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

• December 2007 FDA Recall & Safety Alert

• October 22, 2007 letter from Henry A. Waxman, Chairman, U.S. Congress Committee on Oversight & Government Reform, to FDA re Medtronic leads

• October 16, 2007 letter to Medtronic from U.S. Senate Committee on Finance (Committee) inquiring why it took Medtronic months to respond to problems with its defibrillator lead

• October 15, 2007 FDA Statement on Medtronic Heart Leads

• FDA Medwatch Medtronic Information

Press Releases

• March 5, 2009: Parents of Five-Year-Old Girl Among Patients Seeking Justice for Faulty Medical Devices

• November 28, 2007: Kentucky Resident Files Lawsuit Against Medtronic For Faulty Defibrillator Lead Wire That Caused Devastating Electrical Shocks

• October 22, 2007: Attorneys for Patients Provide Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

• October 15, 2007: Class Counsel Announce Patients File Class Action Lawsuits Against Medtronic For Manufacturing Faulty Defibrillator Lead Wires

Lieff Cabraser

• Quick facts on the Medtronic recall

• Specifics on the Recalled Leads (by number)

• Press Articles on the Medtronic Recall

Medtronic, Inc.

• October 15, 2007 News Release

• October 15, 2007 letter from Medtronic to Patients

• October 15, 2007 letter from Medtronic to Physicians

• March 21, 2007 letter from Medtronic to Physicians

• September 2, 2004 News Release

Physicians & Other Organizations

• October 16, 2007, letter from U.S. Senator Charles Grassley calling on officials at Medtronic and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to explain why "Medtronic took months to stop the sales of the faulty lead, even though the problem had been reported in a peer-reviewed journal months prior."

• October 16, 2007. letter from Dr. Sidney M. Wolfe of Public Citizen urging the FDA investigate the Medtronic recall

• Abstract: Defibrillator Leads - Is Smaller Necessarily Better?, Circulation Oct. 31, 2006 (Study by Cornell University Medical Center physicians and researchers finding need to replace Medtronic Sprint Fidelis lead in 4% of patients)