FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

DEXTRUS 4136

MDR report key: 1020708 · Received March 24, 2008

Report

Report Number
1028232-2008-00278
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 24, 2008
Date of Event
January 23, 2008
Report Date
February 28, 2008
Manufacturer
BIOTRONIK GMBH AND CO
Product Code
DTB
PMA / PMN Number
P950037
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CRM RECEIVED INFO THAT ONE DAY POST IMPLANT, THE INTEGRITY OF THIS RIGHT ATRIAL (RA) LEAD WAS QUESTIONED. INITIALLY, ATRIAL IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENTS NOR MARKERS WERE OBTAINED. A SURFACE EKG INDICATED P-WAVE AMPLITUDES WERE PRESENT, WITH AN INTRINSIC RATE OF 80. HOWEVER, THE ATRIAL SENSING WAS INTERMITTENT TO UNDERSENSING, WITH A HIGH THRESHOLD MEASUREMENT, AND NO CAPTURE OBSERVED. A MAGNET APPLICATION ELICITED THE APPROPRIATE AP VP MARKERS, BUT THE TIMING WAS INAPPROPRIATE BECAUSE OF THE FAST PT RATE. FOLLOWING X-RAY, THE LEAD WAS COMPLETELY DISLODGED. IT WAS SUCCESSFULLY REPOSITIONED AND TESTED NORMAL THE NEXT DAY. THE PHYSICIAN BELIEVES IT WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE PT HAD BYPASS AND HIS ANATOMY. TO DATE, NO ADVERSE PT EFFECTS WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 DEXTRUS 4136 PACER LEAD DTB BIOTRONIK GMBH AND CO 358754

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization