BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

    HEARTWARE VENTRICULAR ASSIST SYSTEM - PUMP

    MDR report key: 10788317 · Received November 4, 2020

    Report

    Report Number
    3007042319-2020-07212
    Event Type
    Death
    Date Received
    November 4, 2020
    Date of Event
    June 20, 2020
    Report Date
    January 9, 2021
    Manufacturer
    HEARTWARE, INC.
    Product Code
    DSQ
    PMA / PMN Number
    P100047
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    MD, US
    Reporter Occupation
    PHYSICIAN

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED FOR INVESTIGATION COMPLETION. PRODUCT EVENT SUMMARY: PUMPS WITH UNKNOWN SERIAL NUMBERS WERE NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. LOG FILE ANALYSIS WAS NOT CONDUCTED SINCE CONTROLLER LOG FILES WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THERE IS INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENTS. AS A RESULT, THE REPORTED EVENTS COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED. POSSIBLE CLINICAL FACTORS THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THESE EVENTS INCLUDE THE PATIENTS¿ PRE-EXISTING HISTORY AND RELATED COMORBIDITIES, THE PROGRESSION OF THEIR UNDERLYING DISEASE, ISSUES RELATED TO THE THERAPEUTIC USE OF ANTICOAGULANT AND ANTIPLATELET MEDICATIONS AND THE PATIENTS¿ COMPLEX POST-OPERATIVE COURSE. THERE ARE POSSIBLE PATIENT, PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PROCEDURAL FACTORS THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THESE EVENTS. INVESTIGATION OF THIS EVENT IS COMPLETED AND THE FILE WILL BE CLOSED. IF NEW INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, THE FILE WILL BE RE-OPENED AND A SUPPLEMENTAL WILL BE SUBMITTED. MEDTRONIC IS SUBMITTING THIS REPORT TO COMPLY WITH FDA REPORTING REGULATIONS UNDER 21 CFR PARTS 4 AND 803. THIS REPORT IS BASED UPON INFORMATION OBTAINED BY MEDTRONIC, WHICH THE COMPANY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FULLY INVESTIGATE OR VERIFY PRIOR TO THE DATE THE REPORT WAS REQUIRED BY THE FDA. MEDTRONIC HAS MADE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO OBTAIN MORE COMPLETE INFORMATION AND HAS PROVIDED AS MUCH RELEVANT INFORMATION AS IS AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY AS OF THE SUBMISSION DATE OF THIS REPORT. THIS REPORT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ADMISSION OR A CONCLUSION BY FDA, MEDTRONIC, OR ITS EMPLOYEES THAT THE DEVICE, MEDTRONIC, OR ITS EMPLOYEE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT DESCRIBED IN THE REPORT. IN PARTICULAR, THIS REPORT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ADMISSION BY ANYONE THAT THE PRODUCT DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT HAS ANY ¿DEFECTS¿ OR HAS ¿MALFUNCTIONED¿. THESE WORDS ARE INCLUDED IN THE FDA 3500A FORM AND ARE FIXED ITEMS FOR SELECTION CREATED BY THE FDA TO CATEGORIZE THE TYPE OF EVENT SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGULATORY REPORTING. MEDTRONIC OBJECTS TO THE USE OF THESE WORDS AND OTHERS LIKE THEM BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF DEFINITION AND THE CONNOTATIONS IMPLIED BY THESE TERMS. THIS STATEMENT SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITH ANY INFORMATION OR REPORT DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. ANY REQUIRED FIELDS THAT ARE UNPOPULATED ARE BLANK BECAUSE THE INFORMATION IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN OR UNAVAILABLE. A GOOD FAITH EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO OBTAIN THE APPLICABLE INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE REPORT. IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    THIS DEVICE IS USED FOR TREATMENT NOT DIAGNOSIS. THE VENTRICULAR ASSIST SYSTEM IS INDICATED FOR USE AS A BRIDGE TO CARDIAC TRANS PLANTATION AND DESTINATION THERAPY IN PATIENTS WHO ARE AT RISK OF DEATH FROM REFRACTORY END-STAGE LEFT VENTRICULAR HEART FAILURE. THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED FOR IN-HOSPITAL AND OUT-OF-HOSPITAL SETTINGS. MEDTRONIC WAS MADE AWARE OF THIS EVENT THROUGH A SEARCH OF LITERATURE PUBLICATIONS. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO ASCERTAIN SPECIFIC DEVICE INFORMATION FROM THE LITERATURE PUBLICATION OR TO MATCH THE EVENT WITH PREVIOUSLY REPORTED EVENTS. THIS INFORMATION IS BASED ENTIRELY ON JOURNAL LITERATURE. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED IS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT. PATIENT INFORMATION IS LIMITED DUE TO CONFIDENTIALITY CONCERNS. MULTIPLE PATIENTS AND MULTIPLE MANUFACTURERS WERE NOTED IN THE ARTICLE; HOWEVER, A ONE TO ONE CORRELATION COULD NOT BE MADE WITH UNIQUE DEVICE SERIAL NUMBERS. THE BASELINE GENDER/AGE OF THE PATIENTS REPRESENTED IN THE ARTICLE IS MALE/(B)(6) YEARS OLD. THE DATES OF DEATH ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT AS THERE IS NO INDICATION OF SPECIFIC SERIAL NUMBER/PATIENT INFORMATION. WITHOUT A LOT NUMBER OR DEVICE SERIAL NUMBER, THE MANUFACTURING DATE CANNOT BE DETERMINED. SINCE NO DEVICE ID WAS PROVIDED, IT IS UNKNOWN IF THIS EVENT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE MADE AND UPON RECEIPT A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED ACCORDINGLY. REFERENCED ARTICLE: LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE EXCHANGE INCREASES HEART TRANSPLANT WAIT-LIST MORTALITY. JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH, NOVEMBER 2020; 255:277-284. DOI: 10.1016/J.JSS.2020.05.062 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED REGARDING THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT, BUT IT WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, THE EVENT WILL BE UPDATED AND A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SENT. INVESTIGATION OF THIS EVENT IS PENDING AND A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SENT UPON ITS COMPLETION. IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    A JOURNAL ARTICLE WAS REVIEWED WHICH CONTAINED INFORMATION REGARDING VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES (VADS). THE ARTICLE DISCUSSED THE IMPACT OF VAD PUMP EXCHANGES ON PATIENT OUTCOMES AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE REMOVED FROM THE HEART TRANSPLANT WAITLIST DUE TO WORSENING OF THEIR MEDICAL CONDITION. MULTIPLE PATIENTS AND MULTIPLE MANUFACTURERS WERE NOTED IN THE ARTICLE; HOWEVER, A ONE-TO-ONE CORRELATION COULD NOT BE MADE WITH UNIQUE DEVICE SERIAL NUMBERS. THE ARTICLE REPORTS PATIENT DEATHS WHILE ON VAD SUPPORT, AMONG THOSE WHO DID AND DID NOT UNDERGO PUMP EXCHANGES, HOWEVER THE CAUSES OF DEATH AND REASON FOR THE PUMP EXCHANGES WERE NOT REPORTED. THE STATUS OF THE VADS IS UNKNOWN.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1253299 HEARTWARE VENTRICULAR ASSIST SYSTEM - PUMP VENTRICULAR (ASSIST) BYPASS DSQ HEARTWARE, INC. UNK

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 55 YR Death UNKNOWN ICD