Medtronic recall - for those of you who have Medtronic ICDs, please read about the lead they are recalling. Check with your doctor if you believe you may have the lead that is causing concern. Medtronic, as usual, is forthcoming about the recall and being proactive with information.

Of course this is something to investigate, but to put it into some perspective,"If somebody is at risk of sudden death and they have an event, and they don't have a defibrillator, their mortality is 95%," Lindsay told Dow Jones Newswires. There is at least a 99% chance, meantime, that defibrillators will function properly when called upon to help such patients, he said, as quoted in CNN Money.com yesterday.

My son and husband are doing very well. I haven't updated the blog in a while because they have not had any problems or events, and I really haven't learned much new about Brugada Syndrome. Occasionally I read an interesting blog, usually written by a medical student. But I haven't seen new research published that points to anything of major significance.

I was very saddened to learn that a beloved member of the Brugada family, their sister Dolors, died suddenly at the age of 50 of sudden cardiac death. It is a cruel irony that the very condition these men are dedicating their careers to study, sudden cardiac death, should take one of their own. My deepest sympathy goes out to them, especially Ramon, whom I have the privilege of knowing.