FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ON-X CONFORM-X MITRAL PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE

MDR report key: 2230637 · Received August 12, 2011

Report

Report Number
1649833-2011-00009
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 12, 2011
Date of Event
August 5, 2010
Report Date
August 12, 2011
Manufacturer
ON-X LIFE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Product Code
LWQ
PMA / PMN Number
P000037
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

WHEN INVESTIGATING ANOTHER EXPLANT FROM THIS SAME PT, (REPORTED IN MDR # (B)(4)), IT WAS REALIZED THAT A PRIOR ON-X MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS HAD THROMBOSED AND IT HAD NOT BEEN REPORTED TO US. THIS PROMPTED US TO REPORT THIS EXPLANT. THE EXPLANTED VALVE HAD BEEN DISCARDED SO IT IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR INVESTIGATION. HOWEVER, IN EVERY CASE OF PATHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF A THROMBOSED VALVE FROM (B)(6), THE PATHOLOGIST CONFIRMED THAT THE MATERIAL WAS THROMBUS. THERE WILL BE NO F/U REPORT FOR THIS MDR. REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD FOR THIS VALVE SHOWED THAT THE VALVE WAS BUILT PER SPECIFICATIONS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

VALVE THROMBOSIS OF THE ON-X MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS. VALVE THROMBOSIS IS AN EXPECTED ADVERSE EVENT FOR A MECHANICAL HEART VALVE, AND IS PRE-DEFINED IN AATS/STS GUIDELINES AS "VALVE-RELATED". THEREFORE IT IS BEING REPORTED. COMMENTS FROM SURGEON'S OPERATIVE NOTES: THIS IS A RE-DO MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT (MVR). ONXMC-25/33 VALVE LEAFLET STUCK WITH CLOT. VALVE WAS EXPLANTED AND REPLACED. THERE IS NO RECORD OF THE PT'S COMPLIANCE WITH ANTICOAGULATION THERAPY. PT RECOVERED FROM THE SURGERY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ON-X CONFORM-X MITRAL PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE MECHANICAL HEART VALVE LWQ ON-X LIFE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ONXMC

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Required Intervention