FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

WATCHMAN LAA CLOSURE DEVICE & DELIVERY SYSTEM

MDR report key: 10267140 · Received July 13, 2020

Report

Report Number
2134265-2020-09113
Event Type
Death
Date Received
July 13, 2020
Date of Event
June 19, 2020
Report Date
July 30, 2020
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
NGV
PMA / PMN Number
P130013
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MO, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

B2 DATE OF DEATH WAS ESTIMATED. THE DATE OF DEATH WAS REPORTED, AS BEING 1 OR 2 DAYS AFTER THE PROCEDURE DATE.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED, THAT A PATIENT DEATH OCCURRED. A LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE (LAA) CLOSURE PROCEDURE WAS BEING PERFORMED. A WATCHMAN ACCESS SYSTEM (WAS) WAS POSITIONED, AND A WATCHMAN LAA CLOSURE DEVICE & DELIVERY SYSTEM (WDS) WERE USED. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY WITH THE CLOSURE DEVICE IMPLANTED IN THE LAA OF THE PATIENT. THERE WERE NO REPORTED COMPLICATIONS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE PROCEDURE. LATER THAT EVENING, THE PATIENT HAD AN INTRA-CRANIAL HEMORRHAGE. THE PATIENT THEN PASSED AWAY A DAY OR TWO LATER.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DATE OF DEATH WAS ESTIMATED. THE DATE OF DEATH WAS REPORTED AS BEING 1 OR 2 DAYS AFTER THE PROCEDURE DATE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT DEATH OCCURRED. A LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE (LAA) CLOSURE PROCEDURE WAS BEING PERFORMED. A WATCHMAN ACCESS SYSTEM (WAS) WAS POSITIONED AND A WATCHMAN LAA CLOSURE DEVICE & DELIVERY SYSTEM (WDS) WERE USED. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY WITH THE CLOSRE DEVICE IMPLANTED IN THE LAA OF THE PATIENT. NO COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE OCCURRED DURING THE PROCEDURE. LATER THAT EVENING THE PATIENT HAD AN INTRA-CRANIAL HEMORRHAGE. THE PATIENT THEN PASSED AWAY A DAY OR TWO LATER.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
732385 WATCHMAN LAA CLOSURE DEVICE & DELIVERY SYSTEM SYSTEM, APPENDAGE CLOSURE, LEFT ATRIAL NGV BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION 10371 0024020258

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 64 YR Death