FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

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MDR report key: 2901835 · Received January 8, 2013

Report

Report Number
2649622-2013-00018
Event Type
Death
Date Received
January 8, 2013
Date of Event
December 17, 2012
Report Date
July 5, 2017
Manufacturer
MPRI
Product Code
LWS
PMA / PMN Number
P920015/S013
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MA, 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. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE PHYSICIAN WHO STATED, "THE LEAD WAS NOT WORKING. THERE WAS A GRADUAL CHANGE IN [THE PATIENT'S] R-WAVES FROM FIVES [MILLIVOLTS (MV)] DOWN TO THE TWOS [MV], THAT IS WHY THE LEAD NEEDED TO BE REMOVED."(B)(4). CONCOMITANT DEVICE: 4568-53 IMPLANTABLE PACING LEAD, (B)(6) 2000.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT ANALYSIS: THE DISTAL PORTION OF THE LEAD WAS RETURNED, ANALYZED, AND NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND. VISUAL ANALYSIS OF THE LEAD INDICATED APPARENT EXPLANT DAMAGE.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A GOOD FAITH EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO OBTAIN THE APPLICABLE INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE REPORT. IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT DIED. THE PATIENT DIED DURING LASER LEAD EXTRACTION OF THE RIGHT VENTRICULAR (RV) LEAD. THE RV LEAD HAD A TREND SHOWING "R WAVES HAD BEEN STABLE IN THIS RANGE" OF 2.0 TO 3.0 MILLIVOLTS; THERE WAS "[N]O UNDERSENSING NOTED." IT WAS FURTHER REPORTED THERE WERE "[S]TABLE IMPEDANCES ON THE PACE/SENSE [PORTION] AS WELL AS ON [THE] COILS" OF THE RV LEAD. THE PATIENT'S CAUSE OF DEATH PER THE CERTIFICATE OF DEATH WAS "COMPLICATIONS OF IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR LEAD EXTRACTION WITH PERFORATION OF SUPERIOR VENA CAVA, IN A PERSON REQUIRING GENERATOR REPLACEMENT FOR THE TREATMENT OF CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
9139 SPRINT DEFIBRILLATOR, AUTOMATIC IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER LWS MPRI 6945

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00050 YR Death| H| L| R D154ATG IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR