FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

IMPELLA CP SMART ASSIST SET, KR

MDR report key: 24638991 · Received March 19, 2026

Report

Report Number
1220648-2026-05626
Event Type
Death
Date Received
March 19, 2026
Date of Event
February 7, 2026
Manufacturer
ABIOMED, INC. - 1220648
Product Code
OZD
UDI-DI
00813502013368
PMA / PMN Number
P140003
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KS
Reporter Occupation
003

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

ISCHEMIA: THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE ISCHEMIA WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED DUE TO INSUFFICIENT CLINICAL DETAILS.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THIS REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF 21 CFR, PART 803. THIS REPORT MAY BE BASED ON INFORMATION WHICH HAS NOT BEEN INVESTIGATED OR VERIFIED PRIOR TO THE REQUIRED REPORTING DATE. THIS REPORT DOES NOT REFLECT A CONCLUSION BY ABIOMED INC, OR ITS EMPLOYEES THAT THE REPORT CONSTITUTES AN ADMISSION THAT THE PRODUCT, ABIOMED INC, OR ITS EMPLOYEES CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE POTENTIAL EVENT DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL REPORT, A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

CLINICAL REVIEW/RATIONALE: AN IMPELLA CP WAS INSERTED VIA UNKNOWN ACCESS TO SUPPORT THE PATIENT OF UNKNOWN AGE AND GENDER IN THE (B)(6) FACILITY. THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL HISTORY WAS NOT SHARED. THE PATIENT WAS IN CARDIOGENIC SHOCK SECONDARY TO A ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. THE CP WAS INSERTED AND THE TEAM PERFORMED PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION, AFTER WHICH THE IMPELLA WAS REMOVED. POST REMOVAL THE TEAM PERFORMED PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY (PTA). WHETHER THE PTA WAS PERFORMED FOR ACUTE LIMB ISCHEMIA OR VESSEL DAMAGE/PERFORATION WAS NOT SHARED. VESSEL DAMAGE AND ISCHEMIA CAN BE INFLUENCED BY PATIENT-SPECIFIC FACTORS SUCH AS SEVERE PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE, UNDERLYING CRITICAL ILLNESS, HEMODYNAMIC INSTABILITY, AND VASCULAR ACCESS CHARACTERISTICS. THIS PTA FAILED AND THE PATIENT CONDITION DETERIORATED AND SO THE TEAM PLACED EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION (ECMO) FOR THE PATIENT'S HEMODYNAMIC SUPPORT, THOUGH THE PATIENT EXPIRED 5 DAYS LATER. THE DEATH IS CONSERVATIVELY BEING REPORTED ALTHOUGH AN UNLIKELY CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE DEATH, AND MORE LIKELY THE PATIENT'S PRESENTING NATIVE CRITICAL CONDITION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
698801 IMPELLA CP SMART ASSIST SET, KR TEMPORARY NON-ROLLER TYPE LEFT HEART SUPPORT BLOOD PUMP OZD ABIOMED, INC. - 1220648 2026802557 00813502013368

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA Unknown Death