Faulty pacemaker raises concerns over medical device testing (theguardian.com)

"The first person in Britain to receive what was heralded as a revolutionary pacemaker has told of her nightmare after it stopped working and surgeons were unable to extract the implant from her heart."

I appreciate that medical innovation walks a fine line when they balance progress with the risk of a new technology but implanting the first device after approval in an 82 year old seems like a bit of an unnecessary risk.