title: Semper fidelis--consumer protection for patients with implanted medical devices.
authors.affiliation: Medical Device Safety Institute, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Maisel
mesh_terms: D003257:Consumer Product Safety / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000592:standards; D018795:Device Approval / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D028701:Patient Rights; D011358:Product Surveillance, Postmarketing; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000592:standards*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration