FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SPRINT QUATTRO SECURE

MDR report key: 2790704 · Received October 15, 2012

Report

Report Number
2649622-2012-15057
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 15, 2012
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO, INC.
Product Code
LWS
PMA / PMN Number
P920015/S24
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE INFORMATION SUBMITTED REFLECTS ALL RELEVANT DATA RECEIVED. IF ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT WAS IN CHRONIC ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (AF) AND THAT THE ATRIAL LEAD PREVIOUSLY DISLODGED. ADDITIONALLY, DURING DEFIBRILLATION THRESHOLD (DFT) TESTING INTERNAL SHOCKS FAILED TO CONVERT THE RHYTHM; HOWEVER AN EXTERNAL SHOCK WAS SUCCESSFUL, CONVERTING THE HEART OUT OF VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION (VF) AND AF. THE RV AND ATRIAL LEADS WERE BOTH REPOSITIONED. POST REPOSITIONING, ADDITIONAL DFT WAS PERFORMED, AND AN INTERNAL SHOCK WAS SUCCESSFUL IN CONVERTING THE RHYTHM. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT DURING FOLLOW UP THE PATIENT COMPLAINED OF CHEST DISCOMFORT FROM THE RV LEAD AND ATRIAL LEAD. THEREFORE THE RV LEAD WAS REPOSITIONED FROM THE APEX TO THE RV SEPTUM AND THE ATRIAL LEAD WAS REPOSITIONED FROM THE ANTERIOR LATERAL WALL TO THE RA APPENDAGE. THE RV AND ATRIAL LEADS REMAIN IN USE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SPRINT QUATTRO SECURE IMPLANTABLE TACHY LEAD LWS MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO, INC. 6947

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 70 YR Hospitalization| R (B)(4) IMPLANTABLE PACEMAKER/CARDIO/DEFIB| 4196 IMPLANTABLE PACING LEAD