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FDA classifies recall of Boston Scientific catheters as 'most serious'

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration classified recall of Boston Scientific's catheters as "most serious" The recall involves updating instructions for use rather than removing the device, POLARx Cryoablation Balloon Catheters .

The company is revising the use instructions of the catheter due to a higher-than-anticipated number of reports of esophageal injury.

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