FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

DISCOVERY DR

MDR report key: 262913 · Received February 9, 2000

Report

Report Number
2124215-2000-01448
Event Type
Death
Date Received
February 9, 2000
Date of Event
December 10, 1999
Report Date
December 10, 1999
Manufacturer
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS
Product Code
DXY
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

EVENT DESCRIPTION A PHYSICIAN CALLED TECHNICAL SERVICES TO REPORT THAT THE PATIENT WITH THIS IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR (IPG) HAD EXPIRED FROM VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA. THE PATIENT HAD BEEN IN A PROLONGED SURGERY, WHICH LED TO MULTIPLE PVC'S (PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTIONS) POST SURGERY. DUE TO THESE PVC'S THE DEVICE UNDERSENSED AND PACED AND THE PATIENT'S T-WAVE, THUS INDUCING THE VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 DISCOVERY DR IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR DXY CARDIAC PACEMAKERS 1274 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 54 YR Death