FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ACUITY X4 SPIRAL L

MDR report key: 18976097 · Received March 25, 2024

Report

Report Number
2124215-2024-18055
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 25, 2024
Date of Event
March 5, 2024
Report Date
April 29, 2024
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
LWP
UDI-DI
00802526524592
PMA / PMN Number
P010012/S398
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MI, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

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Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT ELECTROGRAM (EGM) REVIEW REVEALED INTERMITTENT LEFT VENTRICULAR (LV) LEAD LOSS OF CAPTURE (LOC). TECHNICAL SERVICES (TS) DISCUSSED TROUBLESHOOTING OPTIONS AND PROGRAMMING CONSIDERATIONS, RECOMMENDING CHEST X-RAYS TO CONFIRM LV LEAD POSITIONING. THIS LV LEAD REMAINS IN SERVICE. NO ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS WERE REPORTED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT IMPLANTED WITH THIS LEFT VENTRICULAR (LV) LEAD WAS SEEN IN CLINIC AND LV CAPTURE WAS CONFIRMED IN THE PROGRAMMED VECTOR. THE SENSED ATRIOVENTRICULAR (SAV) DELAY WAS PROGRAMMED TO 100-200MS AND THE PACED ATRIOVENTRICULAR (PAV) DELAY WAS 70-140 MS, AND AT LEAST ONE BIVENTRICULAR (BIV) PACED COMPLEX WAS OBSERVED FOLLOWING THE ATRIAL PACE (AP) AT THE LOWER RATE LIMIT (LRL). THE FIELD REPRESENTATIVE PROVIDED ELECTROGRAMS (EGMS) AT DIFFERENT RATES, AND A RATE OF 90 BPM SEEMED TO OVERDRIVE THE EARLY BEATS POST-AP. A NUMBER OF AP/BIV PACED COMBINATIONS, INDICATING THE PATIENT EITHER HAD VARIED CONDUCTION OR SLOW PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTIONS (PVCS). TROUBLESHOOTING OPTIONS AND PROGRAMMING CONSIDERATIONS WERE REVIEWED, AND TS RECOMMENDED ADJUSTING PAV AND SAV TO A MAXIMUM OF 140 MS. THIS LV LEAD REMAINS IN SERVICE. NO ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS WERE REPORTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT ELECTROGRAM (EGM) REVIEW REVEALED INTERMITTENT LEFT VENTRICULAR (LV) LEAD LOSS OF CAPTURE (LOC). TECHNICAL SERVICES (TS) DISCUSSED TROUBLESHOOTING OPTIONS AND PROGRAMMING CONSIDERATIONS, RECOMMENDING CHEST X-RAYS TO CONFIRM LV LEAD POSITIONING. THIS LV LEAD REMAINS IN SERVICE. NO ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
558698 ACUITY X4 SPIRAL L IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR, PACEMAKER (NON-CRT) LWP BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION 4677 828126 00802526524592

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 80 YR Male