FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

IMPLANTABLE LEAD

MDR report key: 16135093 · Received January 10, 2023

Report

Report Number
2124215-2023-00913
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 10, 2023
Date of Event
December 24, 2022
Report Date
January 10, 2023
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
DTB
PMA / PMN Number
P950001/S003
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT NOISE AND OVERSENSING WITH PACING INHIBITION WERE SEEN ON THE ATRIAL CHANNEL DURING AN ATRIAL TACHY RESPONSE (ATR) EVENT AND ATRIAL PACING WAS NOT AS EXPECTED. THE NOISE WAS REPRODUCIBLE WITH ISOMETRIC TESTING IN CLINIC, AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THE RIGHT ATRIAL (RA) LEAD EXHIBITED A GRADUAL DECREASE IN PACE IMPEDANCE SINCE IMPLANTATION. LEAD DETERIORATION AND AN INSULATION ISSUE WAS SUSPECTED. THE PATIENT REPORTED DISCOMFORT IN THE ABSENCE OF ATRIAL PACING. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A SURGICAL PROCEDURE, AND THE RA LEAD WAS SURGICALLY ABANDONED AND REPLACED. THE RIGHT VENTRICULAR (RV) LEAD THRESHOLD HAD ALSO INCREASED RECENTLY, AND THE RV LEAD WAS ALSO SURGICALLY ABANDONED AND REPLACED. THE PHYSICIAN ELECTED TO REPLACE THE DEVICE AS WELL FOR THE FACT IT HAD BEEN IMPLANTED FOR EIGHT YEARS. NO ADDITIONAL ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
900236 IMPLANTABLE LEAD DTB BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION 4035 340923

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 83 YR Unknown Hospitalization| R