FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

SPRINT QUATTRO SECURE

MDR report key: 1902632 · Received November 18, 2010

Report

Report Number
2649622-2010-12093
Event Type
Death
Date Received
November 18, 2010
Date of Event
July 2, 2010
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO, INC.
Product Code
LWS
PMA / PMN Number
P920015/S24
Removal / Correction Number
ASKU
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE INFORMATION SUBMITTED REFLECTS ALL RELEVANT DATA RECEIVED. IF ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE RECORDS THAT THE PATIENT WAS FOUND DOWN AT HOME. FAMILY MEMBER ATTEMPTED CPR, BUT THE PATIENT WAS UNRESPONSIVE, PULSELESS AND IN PULSELESS ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY. EMS ATTEMPTED RESUSCITATION AT THE PATIENT'S HOME AND DURING TRANSPORTATION TO THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM. DURING TRANSPORTATION THE RHYTHM CHANGED TO ASYSTOLE AND REMAINED IN ASYSTOLE AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM. THE PATIENT DIED ON (B)(6) 2010. NO AUTOPSY WAS PERFORMED AND THE CLINICAL IMPRESSION/DIAGNOSIS WAS CARDIAC ARREST. PATIENT LAST SEEN IN CLINIC APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH PRIOR TO DEATH AND WAS NOT PACEMAKER DEPENDENT. THERE WERE "NO DEVICE ISSUES THEY ARE AWARE OF" AND "NO EPISODES, NO ABNORMAL FINDINGS, DEVICE CHECK WAS GOOD". THE DEVICE WAS NOT EXPLANTED. "THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH WAS".

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SPRINT QUATTRO SECURE IMPLANTABLE TACHY LEAD LWS MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO, INC. 6947 ASKU

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 53 YR Death