FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

PROMOTE RF CRT-D

MDR report key: 1660752 · Received April 16, 2010

Report

Report Number
2017865-2010-01451
Event Type
Death
Date Received
April 16, 2010
Date of Event
March 22, 2010
Manufacturer
ST JUDE MEDICAL CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT DIVISION
Product Code
NIK
PMA / PMN Number
PMAP910023
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE WAS SENSING APPROPRIATELY. BASED ON DEVICE PROGRAMMING, BASED ON DEVICE PROGRAMMING, THERAPY APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DELIVERED APPROPRIATELY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PATIENT COLLAPSED AFTER SHOCKS WERE DELIVERED. PULSELESS ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY WAS DIAGNOSED. CPR AND THERAPY WERE DELIVERED. REVIEW OF SESSION RECORDS NOTED INITIAL SINUS TACH DIAGNOSIS THAT SPONTANEOUSLY BECAME VT. ATP WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND ACCELERATED VT. HV THERAPY INDUCED VF. FIVE 36J THERAPIES DID NOT CONVERT THE RHYTHM. THE VF ULTIMATELY TERMINATED AND AV PACING WAS NOTED AT END OF ELECTROGRAM. THE PATIENT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ANOXIC ENCEPHALOPATHY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PROMOTE RF CRT-D IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR NIK ST JUDE MEDICAL CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT DIVISION 3207-36 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 58 YR