FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ENCOR

MDR report key: 1073283 · Received July 11, 2008

Report

Report Number
2017865-2008-02082
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 11, 2008
Date of Event
April 28, 2008
Manufacturer
ST JUDE MEDICAL CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT DIVISION
Product Code
DTB
PMA / PMN Number
PMA00001
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

NO MEDWATCH FORM WAS RECEIVED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

WHEN THE PATIENT WAS ON VACATION AND EXERCISING, HIS PULSE WAS NOTED TO BE IN THE 30'S. THE ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENT WENT TO THE ER. ECG REVEALED AN ABSENSE OF VENTRICULAR PACING WITH AN INTRINSIC RHYTHM OF APPROXIMATELY 36 BPM. DURING INTERROGATION, LOSS OF OUTPUT COULD NOT BE REPRODUCED. LOSS OF OUTPUT WAS REPRODUCED WHEN THE PATIENT LIFTED HIS LEFT ARM ABOVE HIS HEAD. BIPOLAR LEAD IMPEDANCE GREATER THAN 2500 OHMS WAS NOTED. DEVICE PROGRAMMED TO UNIPOLAR.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ENCOR PERMANENT PACEMAKER ELECTRODE DTB ST JUDE MEDICAL CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT DIVISION 330-258 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1