BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

    COREVALVE TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE

    MDR report key: 15663798 · Received October 24, 2022

    Report

    Report Number
    2025587-2022-02884
    Event Type
    Death
    Date Received
    October 24, 2022
    Date of Event
    May 1, 2019
    Report Date
    October 24, 2022
    Manufacturer
    MEDTRONIC HEART VALVES DIVISION
    Product Code
    NPT
    PMA / PMN Number
    P130021
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    GM
    Reporter Occupation
    PHYSICIAN
    Health Professional
    Yes

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    CITATION: SEEGER ET AL. RATE OF PERI-PROCEDURAL STROKE OBSERVED WITH CEREBRAL EMBOLIC PROTECTION DURING TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE RE PLACEMENT: A PATIENT-LEVEL PROPENSITY-MATCHED ANALYSIS. EUR HEART J. 2019 MAY 1;40(17):1334-1340. DOI: 10.1093/EURHEARTJ/EHY847. EARLIEST DATE OF PUBLICATION USED FOR DATE OF EVENT AND DATE OF DEATH. NO UNIQUE DEVICE IDENTIFIER (SERIAL/LOT) NUMBERS WERE PROVIDED; WITHOUT THIS INFORMATION IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED WHETHER THESE OBSERVATIONS HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. WITHOUT RETURN OF THE PRODUCT NO DEFINITIVE CONCLUSION CAN BE MADE REGARDING THE CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS. 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.

    Description of Event or Problem · 0

    MEDTRONIC RECEIVED INFORMATION VIA LITERATURE REGARDING PERI-PROCEDURAL STROKE OBSERVED WITH CEREBRAL EMBOLIC PROTECTION DURING TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT (TAVR). ALL DATA WERE COLLECTED AND RETROSPECTIVELY ANALYZED FROM THREE CLINICAL TRIALS WHICH UTILIZED TAVR DEVICES FROM MULTIPLE MANUFACTURERS; AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF PATIENTS WERE IMPLANTED WITH A MEDTRONIC COREVALVE BIOPROSTHETIC VALVE. NO UNIQUE DEVICE IDENTIFIER NUMBERS WERE PROVIDED. THE STUDY POPULATION INCLUDED 1,066 PATIENTS WHO WERE PREDOMINANTLY FEMALE WITH A MEAN AGE OF 81 YEARS. AMONG ALL PATIENTS 4 DEATHS OCCURRED WITHIN 72 HOURS OF TAVR IMPLANT (NO CEREBRAL EMBOLIC PROTECTION = 3, CEREBRAL EMBOLIC PROTECTION = 1). NO FURTHER DETAILS WERE PROVIDED ON THE DEATHS. THERE WAS NO STATEMENT OF CAUSAL OR CONTRIBUTORY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEDTRONIC PRODUCT AND THE DEATHS. HOWEVER, BASED ON THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION MEDTRONIC PRODUCT MAY HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEATHS. AMONG ALL PATIENTS ADVERSE EVENTS INCLUDED STROKE. BASED ON THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION MEDTRONIC PRODUCT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ADVERSE EVENTS. NO ADDITIONAL ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS OR PRODUCT PERFORMANCE ISSUES WERE REPORTED.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    377862 COREVALVE TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE AORTIC VALVE, PROSTHESIS, PERCUTANEOUSLY DELIV NPT MEDTRONIC HEART VALVES DIVISION CRS

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 81 YR Female Death| H| L