FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SJM MECHANICAL HEART VALVE

MDR report key: 1924339 · Received December 7, 2010

Report

Report Number
2648612-2010-00071
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 7, 2010
Date of Event
November 29, 2010
Report Date
December 7, 2010
Manufacturer
ST. JUDE MEDICAL PUERTO RICO, INC. (CS)
Product Code
LWQ
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IN
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED, A PT WITH A HISTORY OF RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE AND SEVERE MITRAL STENOSIS UNDERWENT MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT SURGERY. POSTOPERATIVELY, THE PT EXPERIENCED SHORTNESS OF BREATH ON EXERTION. AN ECHOCARDIOGRAM REVEALED AN ELEVATED GRADIENT AND INDICATED AN IMPEDED LEAFLET. THE PT UNDERWENT THROMBOLYSIS AND HAS SHOWN SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT. THE DEVICE REMAINS IMPLANTED AND ADD'L INFO HAS BEEN REQUESTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SJM MECHANICAL HEART VALVE STANDARD HEART VALVE LWQ ST. JUDE MEDICAL PUERTO RICO, INC. (CS) 31M-101

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 22 YR Hospitalization| R