Mandatory Evidence Sample Clauses

Mandatory Evidence. A Class Member must submit proof, by way of contemporaneous medical records, which may include contemporaneous physician records supplemented by a letter from the physician providing any needed clarification of the contents of the record, and/or contemporaneous pharmacy records, as follows: a) contemporaneous medical records demonstrating one or more of the following cardiac events: i. a final diagnosis of a Myocardial Infarction (“MI”) (which includes a final diagnosis in medical records generated in the course of medical care that interpret clinical signs and/or diagnostic tests as establishing the occurrence of an MI at or about such time or, alternatively for purposes of this criterion, death from a cardiac event in the absence of any other cause of death); ii. underwent a Coronary Artery Bypass Graft; iii. underwent percutaneous coronary intervention with stent placement; iv. a final diagnosis of initial onset or exacerbation of Congestive Heart Failure (which includes a final diagnosis in medical records generated in the course of medical care that interprets clinical signs and/or diagnostic tests as establishing the initial onset or exacerbation of CHF at or about such time) and b) contemporaneous medical and/or pharmacy records demonstrating Avandia consumption for at least 30 days at the time of, or within one year prior to, such cardiac event; and c) contemporaneous medical and/or pharmacy records demonstrating that the 30 days of Avandia use occurred prior to December 2010, or that an uninterrupted period of such use began prior to December 2010.