FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

MOSAIC AORTIC BIOPROSTHETIC HEART VALVE

MDR report key: 1658003 · Received April 9, 2010

Report

Report Number
2025587-2010-00031
Event Type
Death
Date Received
April 9, 2010
Date of Event
January 22, 2010
Report Date
March 16, 2010
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC HEART VALVES, INC.
Product Code
LWR
PMA / PMN Number
P990064
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B) (4). EVALUATION RESULTS: DEVICE HISTORY REVIEW FOUND THE PRODUCT MET SPECIFICATIONS WHEN RELEASED FOR DISTRIBUTION. CONCLUSION: CAUSE OF EVENT DETERMINED TO BE USER ERROR. ANALYSIS: UPON RECEIPT AT MEDTRONIC'S QUALITY LABORATORY, ALL LEAFLETS WERE FLEXIBLE. THE RIGHT AND NON-CORONARY CUSPS WERE INTACT. A LARGE PERFORATION THROUGH THE FREE MARGIN AND LUNULA OF THE LEFT CUSP ADJACENT TO THE NON-CORONARY LEFT COMMISSURE APPEARED TO HAVE OCCURRED DURING IMPLANT WITH A SHARP OBJECT, SUCH AS A FORCEPS. CONCLUSION: THE DHR OF THIS DEVICE WAS REVIEWED TO FIND NO ISSUES THAT WOULD HAVE IMPACTED THIS EVENT. ANALYSIS CONFIRMED THAT THE DAMAGE TO THE VALVE WAS INDUCED DURING THE IMPLANT. MEDTRONIC HAS MADE ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE CAUSE AND NATURE OF THE HEMORRHAGE, HOWEVER, NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

MEDTRONIC RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THIS BIOPROSTHETIC VALVE WAS ABANDONED AFTER IMPLANT, DUE TO A CUSPAL TEAR. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT DIED INTRA-OPERATIVELY FROM "RIGHT HEART FAILURE AND HEMORRHAGE."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MOSAIC AORTIC BIOPROSTHETIC HEART VALVE LWR MEDTRONIC HEART VALVES, INC. 305 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Death