FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

WATCHMAN LAA CLOSURE DEVICE & DELIVERY SYSTEM

MDR report key: 19892707 · Received August 2, 2024

Report

Report Number
2124215-2024-47398
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 2, 2024
Date of Event
January 1, 2019
Report Date
August 2, 2024
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
NGV
PMA / PMN Number
P130013
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE DID NOT SEAL, AND THROMBOSIS OCCURRED. A LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE (LAA) CLOSURE PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED, AND A 33MM WATCHMAN CLOSURE DEVICE WAS IMPLANTED (B)(6) 2018. THE PATIENT THEN HAD A SECOND 33MM WATCHMAN CLOSURE DEVICE IMPLANTED (B)(6) 2018. A 3MM LEAK WAS FOUND AFTER IMPLANTING THE SECOND DEVICE AND COILS WERE PLACED IN JANUARY 2019 TO RESOLVE. DURING A ROUTINE FOLLOW UP EXAMINATION TO CHECK ON AN UNRELATED MITRAL ISSUE IN JULY 2024, TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY (TEE) IMAGING REVEALED A LARGE DEVICE RELATED THROMBUS (DRT) ON THE SECOND 33MM CLOSURE DEVICE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
863469 WATCHMAN LAA CLOSURE DEVICE & DELIVERY SYSTEM SYSTEM, APPENDAGE CLOSURE, LEFT ATRIAL NGV BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION 10371 0022175293

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 62 YR Male Other| R