FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

HANCOCK II MITRAL BIOPROSTHETIC HEART VALVE

MDR report key: 1862153 · Received September 30, 2010

Report

Report Number
2025587-2010-00116
Event Type
Death
Date Received
September 30, 2010
Date of Event
June 25, 2010
Report Date
September 3, 2010
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC HEART VALVES, INC.
Product Code
LWR
PMA / PMN Number
P980043
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4): EVALUATION RESULTS: DEVICE HISTORY REVIEW FOUND THE PRODUCT MET SPECIFICATIONS WHEN RELEASED FOR DISTRIBUTION. CONCLUSION: OTHER: CAUSE OF EVENT CANNOT BE DETERMINED. ANALYSIS: UPON RECEIPT AT MEDTRONIC'S QUALITY LABORATORY, A PIECE OF PAPILLARY MUSCLE TISSUE, ATTACHED TO A SUTURE, WAS RECEIVED WITH THE VALVE. PART OF THE NATIVE MITRAL ANNULUS REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE SEWING RING WITH SEVERAL PLEDGETS INTACT ADJACENT TO THE RIGHT CUSP ON THE OUTFLOW. ALL LEAFLETS WERE INTACT. FRIABLE TISSUE, CONSISTENT WITH POST-MORTEM CLOTTING WAS NOTED ON THE INFLOW OF ALL CUSPS. CONCLUSION: THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD WAS REVIEWED AND SHOWED THAT THIS PRODUCT MET ALL MANUFACTURING SPECIFICATION FOR PRODUCT RELEASED FOR DISTRIBUTION. NO ISSUES WERE IDENTIFIED THAT WOULD HAVE IMPACTED THIS EVENT. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS ATTRIBUTED TO MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. THE PHYSICIAN DID NOT FEEL THE DEATH WAS RELATED TO THE VALVE, AND THERE WERE NO ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE VALVE OR ITS FUNCTION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

MEDTRONIC RECEIVED INFO THAT THE PT IMPLANTED WITH THE BIOPROSTHETIC VALVE, IMPLANTED 3 DAYS, DIED DUE TO A MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (MI). IT WAS REPORTED THAT DOCTOR DID NOT FEEL THIS WAS A VALVE RELATED DEATH.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 HANCOCK II MITRAL BIOPROSTHETIC HEART VALVE LWR MEDTRONIC HEART VALVES, INC. T510 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Death