Heart disease is very common in men and women. There are at least 7,200,000 men and 6,000,000 women who are living with some type of heart disease. Of these men and women, there are several thousand with aortic connectors. Aortic connectors allow off-machine bypass surgery while the Thoracic surgeon takes leg vein grafts and places them on the aorta. St. Jude aortic connectors are just one of the companies that sell to hospitals. While there has been no recall of the connectors, there have been reports of deaths to do failed connectors.

In 2001, St. Jude aortic connectors were released on the market. According to some information, there was an abbreviated approval process before the aortic connectors were released. Despite the reports of malfunctioning aortic connectors, the product is still on the market, and St. Jude has not notified patients who have these aortic connectors that there is a problem.

The St. Jude aortic connector is linked to heart attacks, respiratory problems, and, in some cases, death. This is due to graft narrowing, valve leakage, failed deployment, and occlusion. While some patients have graft narrowing, occlusion means the aorta is closed completely, not letting the blood pass through the aorta properly and creating a blockage that leads to death.

Heart attacks, strokes, and other heart diseases impact the heart in a variety of ways. One of the most common is a blockage of the aorta. When a person seeks surgery to implant an aortic connector, it is with the hope that the device will improve his life and help his heart continue to work properly. These devices are implanted during heart bypass surgery. When you have a product such as the St. Jude aortic connector that fails to work properly and may cause death, it is important that patients are notified of the danger.

If you or a loved one has received a St. Jude aortic connector and have not been notified, please seek a physician’s advice. You also might want to seek a lawyer who specializes in medical cases, specifically aortic connectors, and see if there is any claim you can make against the company, especially if the malfunction resulted in a loved one’s death.

Lawyers are there for people who have been injured or killed by improper treatment. Since St. Jude has failed to notify patients of the possible defects of their aortic connectors, you might have compensation coming to you if you have had a second surgery to replace the aortic connector or suffered other trauma because of the failed device.

Aortic connectors are supposed to improve life with easier vein grafts, but St. Jude aortic connectors have caused graft narrowing, valve leakage, failed deployment, and, in some instances, death due to occlusion. If the St. Jude aortic connector has affected you or someone you love, please make sure your doctor has reported this to the proper authorities and seek a lawyer to process your claim. There may be other patients out there with St. Jude aortic connectors who are unaware to the defects of the device. In making a claim against St. Jude aortic connectors, you can help notify other patients of the defect and possibly help save lives as well as find justice for you and your family.

There are several million people affected with heart disease. A portion of these people have had to seek aortic connectors to continue living their lives. When an aortic connector, such as St. Jude’s, malfunctions and causes side effects or death, a patient has the right to seek justice. Lawyers who specialize in these cases exist to help you find the justice you deserve and to help make other patients aware of the danger when the company has failed to do so.