FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

WATCHMAN FLX LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE WITH DELIVERY SYSTEM

MDR report key: 11797874 · Received May 10, 2021

Report

Report Number
2134265-2021-05506
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 10, 2021
Date of Event
January 15, 2021
Report Date
May 10, 2021
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
NGV
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FR
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

(B)(6) STUDY. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THROMBOSIS OCCURRED. PRIOR TO THE PROCEDURE, PROPHYLACTIC ANTIBIOTICS WERE NOT ADMINISTERED. ASPIRIN WAS NOT STARTED ONE DAY PRIOR TO PROCEDURE. A LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE (LAA) CLOSURE PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED. A 20MM WATCHMAN FLX LAA CLOSURE DEVICE WAS IMPLANTED WITH A COMPLETE LAA SEAL AND DEPLOYED DEVICE DIAMETER OF 17 MM. ON (B)(6) 2020, THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED ON ASPIRIN. ON (B)(6) 2021, 93 DAYS POST PROCEDURE, THE 3-MONTH FOLLOW-UP CORE-LAB REPORTED ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY REVEALED THROMBUS ON THE ATRIAL FACING SURFACE OF THE WATCHMAN DEVICE. THE THROMBUS WAS LAMINAR IN NATURE AND NON-MOBILE. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS KNOWN AT THIS TIME.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
692371 WATCHMAN FLX LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE WITH DELIVERY SYSTEM SYSTEM, APPENDAGE CLOSURE, LEFT ATRIAL NGV BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION 10390 0024818209

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 70 YR Other