FARAWAVE
Report
- Report Number
- 2124215-2025-58419
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- August 21, 2025
- Date of Event
- October 1, 2021
- Report Date
- August 21, 2025
- Manufacturer
- BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
- Product Code
- QZI
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Occupation
- OTHER
Narratives
AS THE EVENT WAS RECEIVED AS A LITERATURE ABSTRACT, WE ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE UNIQUE IDENTIFIER (UDI) # FOR THIS PRODUCT. ALL AVAILABLE PRODUCT DATA HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT. NO DEVICE IS AVAILABLE FOR EVALUATION. IF THERE IS ANY FURTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION OBTAINED, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED.
(B)(4). PER LITERATURE ABSTRACT, IT WAS REPORTED THAT 381 PATIENTS WITH LONGSTANDING PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION UNDERWENT LEFT ATRIAL ABLATION CONSISTING OF PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION, LEFT ATRIAL POSTERIOR WALL BOX LESION, AND ABLATION AT THE MITRAL ISTHMUS BETWEEN OCTOBER 2021 TO NOVEMBER 2024, REPEAT ABLATION WAS PERFORMED IN 40 PATIENTS, OF WHOM 26 PATIENTS DISPLAYED 45 DISTINCT ATRIAL TACHYCARDIAC (AT) TYPES. MACROREENTRY ATS INCLUDED TYPICAL ATRIAL FLUTTER AND PERI-MITRAL REENTRY TACHYCARDIA (PMRT), WHILE NO ROOF-DEPENDENT REENTRY TACHYCARDIA WAS PRESENT. LOCALIZED (REENTRY OR ECTOPIC) AT SOURCES WERE FOUND OUTSIDE THE PRIOR PFA LESIONS. PMRT OCCURRED IN 9 PATIENTS WITHIN MI BLOCK, AND IN 12 PATIENTS DUE TO MI BLOCK RECOVERY. FIALA, M., LEHAR, F., CERNOSEK, M., JEZ, J., BULKOVA, V., FUNASAKO, M., RYBKA, L., TOMAN, O., & KALA, P. (2025). MITRAL ISTHMUS BLOCK AND RECURRENT PERI-MITRAL REENTRY TACHYCARDIA IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING PULSED FIELD ABLATION FOR LONGSTANDING PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION [ABSTRACT].
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 418669 | FARAWAVE | CARDIAC IRREVERSIBLE ELECTROPORATION SYSTEM CATHETER | QZI | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NA | Unknown |