FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

EDWARDS PRIMA PLUS STENTLESS BIOPROSTHESIS

MDR report key: 2120893 · Received June 12, 2011

Report

Report Number
2015691-2011-15701
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 12, 2011
Date of Event
April 27, 2011
Report Date
May 11, 2011
Manufacturer
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES
Product Code
DYE
PMA / PMN Number
P000007
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EVALUATION SUMMARY: RECEIVED ONE 2500P PRIMA PLUS VALVE. UPON EXAMINATION, THE AORTIC WALL TISSUE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CUT PASSED THE TRIMMING GUIDE. SOME GREEN SUTURES OF THE TRIMMING GUIDE LINE ARE MISSING, MOST LIKELY DUE TO THE TISSUE CUT OUT. NO OTHER INCONSISTENCIES WERE DETECTED IN THE VALVE AS THE LEAFLETS ARE INTACT AND FLEXIBLE. NO INCONSISTENCIES WERE DETECTED IN THE X-RAY AS WELL. EDWARDS PRINCIPAL ENGINEER OBSERVED THE VALVE DURING THE EVALUATION REVIEW AND HAS APPROVED THESE COMMENTS. METHOD: X-RAY.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

METHOD: DEVICE EVALUATION ANTICIPATED, BUT NOT YET BEGUN. CONCLUSION: DEVICE EVALUATION ANTICIPATED, BUT NOT YET BEGUN. ADDITIONAL MANUFACTURER NARRATIVE: THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) REVIEW WAS COMPLETED AND THIS DEVICE PASSED ALL MANUFACTURING AND STERILIZATION INSPECTIONS WITH NO NONCONFORMANCE. COPY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY ON CD REQUESTED, BUT IS NOT AVAILABLE. OPERATIVE REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED, BUT NOT TRANSLATED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B096) 2011, THE SURGEON PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: THE RUPTURE OCCURRED AT THE ACORONARY IMPLANTATION SIDE, ALONG THE SUTURE LINE, WHERE THE DACRON OF THE ROOT PROTHESIS IS FIXED TO THE NATIVE AORTIC WALL OF THE PROSTHESIS. THE RUPTURE HAPPENED AFTER WE WENT OFF THE EXTRACORPORAL CIRCULATION EASILY, SHORTLY BEFORE I STARTED TO CLOSE THE CHEST. SUDDENLY, SOME BLEEDING CAME FROM THE ROOT AND WE CANULATED AND PUT THE PATIENT ON BYPASS AGAIN. AFTER CROSSCLAMPING, WE FOUND THE ROOT RUPTURED AND REPLACED IT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

REPORTEDLY, THE VALVE WAS EXPLANTED SOON AFTER IMPLANTATION DUE TO A RUPTURE. PER THE CER: PROTHESIS RUPTURE AFTER IMPLANTATION INTRAOPERATIVELY. PROTHESIS EXCHANGE. FROM THE TRANSLATED OPERATIVE REPORT SUMMARY PROVIDED: IMPLANT OF THE 2500AP27 WAS UNEVENTFUL. AFTER SUFFICIENT REPERFUSION AND WARMING UP, SLOWLY WEANING OFF FROM ECC. NOW A BLEEDING OCCURRED FROM THE BIOPROSTHESIS. IT WAS DECIDED TO REPLACE THE PROSTHESIS. EXPLANT OF THE EDWARDS VALVE AND IMPLANT OF THE MEDTRONIC VALVE UNEVENTFUL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 EDWARDS PRIMA PLUS STENTLESS BIOPROSTHESIS REPLACEMENT HEART VALVE DYE EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES 2500P R-11C0982

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 71 YR Hospitalization| R