BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    EDWARDS ESHEATH PLUS INTRODUCER SHEATH

    MDR report key: 18678296 · Received February 9, 2024

    Report

    Report Number
    2015691-2024-00903
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    February 9, 2024
    Date of Event
    January 18, 2024
    Report Date
    February 9, 2024
    Manufacturer
    EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES LLC
    Product Code
    DYB
    UDI-DI
    00690103217360
    PMA / PMN Number
    K200258
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    JA
    Reporter Occupation
    PHYSICIAN
    Health Professional
    Yes

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    PER THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE (IFU), CARDIOVASCULAR INJURIES SUCH AS PERFORATION OR DISSECTION OF VESSELS, VENTRICLE, MYOCARDIAL OR VALVULAR STRUCTURES ARE KNOWN POTENTIAL RISKS OR ADVERSE EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OVERALL THV PROCEDURE AND MAY REQUIRE INTERVENTION. ACCORDING TO THE LITERATURE REVIEW, AND AS DOCUMENTED IN A TECHNICAL SUMMARY WRITTEN BY EW, VASCULAR COMPLICATIONS ARE A WELL-RECOGNIZED COMPLICATION OF THE TRANSFEMORAL THV PROCEDURE IN THIS ELDERLY POPULATION WITH MULTIPLE CO-MORBIDITIES. EDWARDS HAS REVIEWED MANY REPORTS, INCLUDING SCREENING DATA RECORDS AND SOURCE DOCUMENTATION OF VASCULAR COMPLICATIONS, AND HAS FOUND THAT THE ROOT CAUSE IS TYPICALLY RELATED TO A COMBINATION OF VESSEL SIZE, TORTUOSITY, AND CALCIFICATIONS. ALTHOUGH THE INCIDENCE IS DECREASING WITH SMALLER SHEATH/DELIVERY SYSTEM SIZES AND PHYSICIAN EXPERIENCE, THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE CASES IN WHICH VASCULAR COMPLICATIONS WILL OCCUR. THE THV PHYSICIAN TRAINING MANUALS INSTRUCT ON PROCEDURAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR SHEATH INSERTION WITH REGARDS TO PROPER SCREENING CRITICAL TO REDUCING VASCULAR COMPLICATIONS. THE TRAINING MANUAL INSTRUCTS THE OPERATOR ON PROPER SHEATH INSERTION AND WITHDRAWAL TECHNIQUES, INCLUDING PRE-DILATING THE VESSEL WITH THE EDWARDS DILATORS, AS NEEDED. IT ALSO NOTES THAT CALCIFICATION MAY REDUCE LUMEN DIAMETER AND LIMIT OR PREVENT THE TRANSFEMORAL PASSAGE OF THE DEVICES. THE IFU CONTRAINDICATES PATIENTS WITH ILIO-FEMORAL VESSEL CHARACTERISTICS THAT WOULD PRECLUDE SAFE PLACEMENT OF SHEATHS SUCH AS SEVERE OBSTRUCTIVE CALCIFICATION OR SEVERE TORTUOSITY. PRE-PROCEDURE SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT OF THE FEMORAL/ILIAC ARTERY INTERNAL DIAMETERS WILL ENABLE THE CLINICIAN TO DETERMINE IF THE SAPIEN VALVE CAN BE DELIVERED TRANSFEMORALLY. ASSESSMENT OF LOCATION AND AMOUNT OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL CALCIUM WILL AID IN DETERMINING AREAS OF REDUCED VESSEL DIAMETERS. THE OPERATORS ARE TRAINED TO MEASURE MINIMUM VESSEL DIAMETER TAKING CALCIUM INTO ACCOUNT. THE PHYSICIAN TRAINING MANUAL ALSO LISTS THE MINIMUM RECOMMENDED VESSEL SIZE FOR EACH SIZE DEVICE. DESPITE THE BEST SCREENING TOOLS, A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PATIENTS WILL HAVE FEMORAL/ILIAC VESSELS THAT ARE NOT AMENABLE TO THE TRANS-FEMORAL APPROACH OR WHERE INCREASED RESISTANCE IS ENCOUNTERED DURING INSERTION OF DEVICES. IN MANY CASES, THE VESSEL MINIMUM LUMINAL DIAMETER (MLD) MAY BE BORDERLINE OR BELOW THE INDICATED SIZE. IN ADDITION, SIGNIFICANT CALCIFICATION AND/OR TORTUOSITY, NOT ALWAYS APPRECIABLE ON IMAGING, COULD BE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE EVENT. THE MINIMUM REQUIRED VESSEL DIAMETER FOR AN (14FR SHEATH IS 5.5 MM). IN THIS CASE, THERE WAS NO ALLEGATION OR INDICATION A DEVICE MALFUNCTION CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ADVERSE EVENT. IN THIS CASE, THERE WAS NO ALLEGATION OR INDICATION A PRODUCT MALFUNCTION CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ADVERSE EVENT. INVESTIGATION RESULTS SUGGEST/INDICATE THAT PATIENT FACTORS (BORDERLINE ACCESS VESSEL MDL OF 5.5 WITH NO CALCIFICATION) CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EVENT. A REVIEW OF EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES RISK MANAGEMENT DOCUMENTATION WAS PERFORMED FOR THIS CASE. THE REPORTED EVENT IS AN ANTICIPATED RISK OF THE TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE PROCEDURE, ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT OF THIS ADVERSE EVENT IS NOT REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. THE IFU AND TRAINING MANUALS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND NO INADEQUACIES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH REGARDS TO WARNINGS, CONTRAINDICATIONS, AND THE DIRECTIONS/CONDITIONS FOR THE SUCCESSFUL USE OF THE DEVICE. COMPLAINT HISTORIES FOR ALL REPORTED EVENTS ARE REVIEWED AGAINST TRENDING CONTROL LIMITS MONTHLY, AND ANY EXCURSIONS ABOVE THE CONTROL LIMITS ARE ASSESSED AND DOCUMENTED AS PART OF THIS MONTHLY REVIEW. AS SUCH, NEITHER A PRODUCT RISK ASSESSMENT, NOR CORRECTIVE OR PREVENTATIVE ACTIONS ARE REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. H3 OTHER TEXT : NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION.

    Description of Event or Problem · 0

    AS REPORTED BY OUR EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES JAPANESE AFFILIATE, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A TRANSFEMORAL TAVR PROCEDURE WITH A 23 MM SAPIEN 3 ULTRA RESILIA VALVE. THE VALVE WAS DEPLOYED WITH NO ISSUE. AFTER THE 14 FR ESHEATH WAS REMOVED, THE DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY (DSA) REVEALED A RIGHT FEMORAL ARTERY DISSECTION. A SURGICAL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED. THE DISSECTION MAY HAVE OCCURRED DUE TO THE ELEVATION OF A PART OF THE INTIMA AND A THROMBOSIS DURING ESHEATH INSERTION, OR WHEN ADVANCING THE 23 MM COMMANDER DELIVERY INTO THE SHEATH. NO ADDITIONAL PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    68608 EDWARDS ESHEATH PLUS INTRODUCER SHEATH INTRODUCER, CATHETER DYB EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES LLC 914ESPJ 65303756 00690103217360

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 86 YR Female Required Intervention