GUIDANT CARDIAC SURGERY
Manufacturer adverse-event records for GUIDANT CARDIAC SURGERY come from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database via openFDA, refreshed March 2026 - see our methodology. Not medical advice.
FDA MAUDE device safety record · 2000–2009 · thin-book · quiet Death-code · balanced
Volume signature
GUIDANT CARDIAC SURGERY is a thinner MAUDE footprint
GUIDANT CARDIAC SURGERY accounts for 5,088 FDA MAUDE reports (#356 of 443, thin-book tercile). Death-coded event_type share is 0.04% (quiet); Injury share 12.9% (balanced).
What the volume reading shows for GUIDANT CARDIAC SURGERY
The standout signal for GUIDANT CARDIAC SURGERY is filing volume: 5,088 adverse-event reports in FDA MAUDE (#356 of 443, thin-book). Death-coded event_type share sits at 0.04% (quiet).
As a thinner-book manufacturer, a handful of device families can swing the totals; open the device table rather than reading the company headline alone. Event_type counts are not the same population as Patient Outcomes.
Reports span 9 device types, led in this extract by Malfunction at 4,406 (86.6% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 1,418 reports across 10 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.
Event Types
Patient Outcomes
FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.
Devices (9)
Yearly Trend
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.