FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

FARAPULSE PFA SYSTEM AND FARAWAVE PULSED FIELD ABLATION (PFA) SYSTEM

MDR report key: 22204678 · Received June 13, 2025

Report

Report Number
MW5171465
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 13, 2025
Date of Event
May 19, 2025
Report Date
June 10, 2025
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
QZI
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN
Health Professional
*

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED DURING AN AFIB CASE, A PERICARDIAL EFFUSION WAS NOTICED. CALLER REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A DROP IN BLOOD PRESSURE ON THE PATIENT. THE PERICARDIAL EFFUSION WAS CONFIRMED BY THE SOUNDSTAR IMAGING CATHETER. CALLER NOTED THAT THE MEDICAL INTERVENTION PROVIDED WAS "PROTAMINE AND MEDICATION TO KEEP THE BLOOD PRESSURE UP". THE LAST KNOWN STATUS OF THE PATIENT WAS REPORTED TO BE IN STABLE CONDITION WHEN SHE LEFT YESTERDAY. CALLER STATED SHE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE PATIENT STATUS AND THE MEDICATION THAT WAS ADMINISTERED TO THE PATIENT TODAY. THE CALLER STATED THE PHYSICIAN WAS NOT CERTAIN WHAT CAUSED THE INJURY. CALLER DECLINED FSE FOLLOW UP. THE ONLY BWI CATHETERS IN THE BODY AT THE TIME OF THE INJURY WAS A SOUNDSTAR CATHETER (UNKNOWN LOT #) AND A OCTARAY CATHETER (LOT #31593024L - REF- D160906). BOTH CATHETERS ARE AVAILABLE TO RETURN. THE CARTO 3 SYSTEM WAS ONLY USED FOR MAPPING. THIS REPORT REFLECTS INFORMATION RECEIVED BY FDA IN THE FORM OF A NOTIFICATION PER 803.22 (B)(2).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1009225 FARAPULSE PFA SYSTEM AND FARAWAVE PULSED FIELD ABLATION (PFA) SYSTEM PERCUTANEOUS CARDIAC ABLATION CATHETER FOR TREATMENT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION WITH QZI BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA Unknown OCTARAY CATHETER - LOT 31593024L ¿ REF D160906.| SOUNDSTAR CATHETER - LOT: UNKWNOWN - REF: UNKNOWN.