FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ENDOTAK RELIANCE

MDR report key: 2911789 · Received January 11, 2013

Report

Report Number
2124215-2012-16272
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 11, 2013
Date of Event
November 30, 2012
Report Date
December 14, 2012
Manufacturer
CPI - DEL CARIBE
Product Code
NVY
PMA / PMN Number
P910073
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS INVESTIGATION WILL BE UPDATED SHOULD FURTHER INFORMATION BE PROVIDED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

AS NO FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS REPORT IS EXPECTED, OUR INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE. THIS INVESTIGATION WILL BE UPDATED SHOULD FURTHER INFORMATION BE PROVIDED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT DURING A ROUTINE FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENT, EPISODES OF DEVIATED THERAPY IN THE VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION (VF) ZONE WERE NOTED. SOME OF THE EPISODES WERE NON-SUSTAINED VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA (VT). THE ELECTROGRAM (EGM) SHOWED SPIKES AT COMPARABLE VOLTAGE TO THE INTRINSIC R-WAVE MARKED AS VF. THE SPIKES WERE REPRODUCIBLE WITH ARM MOVEMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENTS LESS THAN 200 OHMS WERE NOTED ON THE RIGHT VENTRICULAR (RV) LEAD. AS THE DEVICE HAD ALMOST REACHED ELECTIVE REPLACEMENT INDICATOR (ERI),A REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE WAS SCHEDULED FOR THE DEVICE AND RIGHT VENTRICULAR (RV) LEAD. NO ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS WERE REPORTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

INFORMATION WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RECEIVED THAT THE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED AND THE LEAD WAS SURGICALLY ABANDONED. NO ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS WERE REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THE PROCEDURE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
16971 ENDOTAK RELIANCE IMPLANTABLE LEAD NVY CPI - DEL CARIBE 0175

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| L| R T177| 0175