FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CONCERTO II CRT-D

MDR report key: 1991939 · Received February 15, 2011

Report

Report Number
6000144-2011-00962
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 15, 2011
Date of Event
December 10, 2010
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MED REL, INC.
Product Code
NIK
PMA / PMN Number
P010031/S125
Removal / Correction Number
ASKU
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, 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 THAT THE PATIENT PRESENTED AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM AFTER RECEIVING SHOCKS PRECEDED BY DIZZINESS, AND MOMENTARILY PASSING OUT. UPON COMING THROUGH, AFTER RECEIVING THE SHOCKS, THE PATIENT WAS NOTED TO BE IN NORMAL SINUS RHYTHM (NSR), WITH LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK (LBBB) AND NO BI-VENTRICULAR PACING. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD NO P-WAVES. DEVICE INTERROGATION REVEALED A VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION EPISODE, AND UPON RECEIVING A SHOCK, ATRIAL SENSING HAD BEEN IMMEDIATELY LOST. IN ADDITION, THE RIGHT VENTRICULAR LEAD EXHIBITED NOISE, AND THE PHYSICIAN WAS SUSPICIOUS OF DEVICE HEADER MALFUNCTION. SEVERAL DAYS LATER, THE RIGHT VENTRICULAR LEAD APPEARED TO HAVE DISLODGED. THE DEVICE, RIGHT VENTRICULAR, AND LEFT VENTRICULAR LEADS WERE EXPLANTED, AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THE IMPLANT POCKET APPEARED TO BE INFECTED. DAYS LATER, A NEW DEVICE AND LEADS WERE IMPLANTED. NO FURTHER PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 CONCERTO II CRT-D IMPLANTABLE PACEMAKER/CARDIO/DEFIB NIK MEDTRONIC MED REL, INC. D274TRK ASKU

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 56 YR Hospitalization| L| R (B)(4) COMPETITOR IMPLANTABLE PACING LEAD