China issues warning on Pace Medical's pacemakers

China's Department of Health is warning physicians that Pace Medical's Micro-Pace Model 4580 device may have sensing issues. The programmable devices, which carry FDA approval, have been reported to occasionally fail to resume normal heart rate sensing after the programmed rate is set below a patient's intrinsic rate, MassDevice reports. The department is not pulling the the dual-chamber device off the market. Report