BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

    HEARTWARE VENTRICULAR ASSIST SYSTEM - PUMP

    MDR report key: 10896376 · Received November 24, 2020

    Report

    Report Number
    3007042319-2020-07436
    Event Type
    Death
    Date Received
    November 24, 2020
    Date of Event
    October 28, 2020
    Report Date
    December 16, 2025
    Manufacturer
    HEARTWARE, INC.
    Product Code
    DSQ
    UDI-DI
    00888707003261
    PMA / PMN Number
    P100047
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    IN, US
    Reporter Occupation
    PHYSICIAN
    Health Professional
    Yes

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED FOR INVESTIGATION COMPLETION. PRODUCT EVENT SUMMARY: THE VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (VAD) WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. THIS COMPLAINT IS ASSOCIATED WITH A CLINICAL ADVERSE EVENT. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE SITE INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH COMPLAINTS OF WORSENING COUGH AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH WHEN LAYING FLAT; THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT HEART CATHETERIZATION (RHC) AND WAS TREATED WITH VASOPRESSIN AND EPINEPHRINE FOR RIGHT HEART FAILURE. THE PATIENT ALSO DEVELOPED RESPIRATORY FAILURE WHICH REQUIRED INTUBATION, LIKELY DUE TO PULMONARY EDEMA ON TOP OF HYPOVENTILATION RELATED TO THE USE OF INTRAVENOUS FENTANYL FOR THE RHC, AND SUBSEQUENTLY EXPIRED. BASED ON THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO INDICATE THAT A DEVICE MALFUNCTION OR PERFORMANCE ISSUE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED EVENT. PER THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE, RIGHT HEART FAILURE, RESPIRATORY DYSFUNCTION, AND DEATH ARE KNOWN POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE IMPLANTATION OF A VAD. BASED ON REVIEW OF PAST ADVERSE EVENTS FOR THIS PATIENT, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD A HISTORY OF RIGHT HEART FAILURE. POSSIBLE CLINICAL FACTORS THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EVENT INCLUDE THE PATIENT¿S PRE-EXI STING HISTORY AND RELATED COMORBIDITIES, THE PROGRESSION OF THEIR UNDERLYING DISEASE, ISSUES RELATED TO THE THERAPEUTIC USE OF ANTICOAGULANT AND ANTIPLATELET MEDICATIONS AND THE PATIENT'S COMPLEX POST-OPERATIVE COURSE. THERE ARE POSSIBLE PATIENT, PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PROCEDURAL FACTORS THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EVENT. 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

    INVESTIGATION OF THIS EVENT IS PENDING AND A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SENT UPON ITS COMPLETION. THIS INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE DESTINATION THERAPY POST APPROVAL STUDY. IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (VAD) PATIENT PRESENTED FOR RIGHT HEART CATHETERIZATION WITH COMPLAINTS OF WORSENING COUGH AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH WHEN LAYING FLAT. THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH VASOPRESSIN AND EPINEPHRINE FOR RIGHT HEART FAILURE. THE PATIENT ALSO DEVELOPED RESPIRATORY FAILURE AND REQUIRED INTUBATION, LIKELY DUE TO PULMONARY EDEMA ON TOP OF HYPOVENTILATION RELATED TO THE USE OF INTRAVENOUS (IV) FENTANYL FOR THE RIGHT HEART CATHETERIZATION. THE PATIENT SUBSEQUENTLY EXPIRED.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1361737 HEARTWARE VENTRICULAR ASSIST SYSTEM - PUMP VENTRICULAR (ASSISST) BYPASS DSQ HEARTWARE, INC. 1103 00888707003261

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 31 YR Male Death