FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

WATCHMAN FLX LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE WITH DELIVERY SYSTEM

MDR report key: 15755190 · Received November 8, 2022

Report

Report Number
2124215-2022-45730
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 8, 2022
Date of Event
October 28, 2022
Report Date
November 8, 2022
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
NGV
UDI-DI
08714729860488
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

CHAMPION AF STUDY: IT WAS REPORTED THAT PERICARDITIS OCCURRED. PRIOR TO THE INDEX PROCEDURE ASPIRIN (81MG) WAS ADMINISTERED. A LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE (LAA) CLOSURE PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED USING A 20MM WATCHMAN FLX LAA CLOSURE DEVICE WITH DELIVERY SYSTEM (WDS) WITH A COMPLETE SEAL AND DEPLOYED DEVICE DIAMETER OF 18MM. ON (B)(6) 2022, THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED ON ASPIRIN (81 MG), RIVAROXABAN (20 MG) AND CLOPIDOGREL (75 MG). ON (B)(6) 2022, 24 DAYS POST INDEX PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT PRESENTED TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. ELECTROCARDIOGRAM SHOWED DIFFUSE ST ELEVATION CONSISTENT WITH ACUTE PERICARDITIS, HOWEVER TROPONIN VALUE WAS NEGATIVE. CHEST RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED CHRONIC INTERSTITIAL DISEASE AND LEFT BASILAR ATELECTASIS. THE PATIENT WAS ADMITTED AND ADMINISTERED COLCHICINE. ONE DAY POST HOSPITALIZATION THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED ON RIVAROXABAN AND CLOPIDOGREL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
2178778 WATCHMAN FLX LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE WITH DELIVERY SYSTEM SYSTEM, APPENDAGE CLOSURE, LEFT ATRIAL NGV BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION 10390 0029153932 08714729860488

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 69 YR Male Hospitalization| O