FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

EASYTRAK 2

MDR report key: 2920930 · Received January 17, 2013

Report

Report Number
2124215-2013-01164
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 17, 2013
Date of Event
December 6, 2012
Report Date
December 6, 2012
Manufacturer
CPI - DEL CARIBE
Product Code
OJX
PMA / PMN Number
P010012
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NC
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

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 A CHANGE OUT WAS COMPLETED. THE IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD) HAD BEEN PROGRAMMED TO RIGHT VENTRICLE ONLY. THE REASON FOR THIS RV PROGRAMMING WAS NOT KNOWN. HOWEVER IT HAD BEEN HEARD THAT THE LEFT VENTRICULAR (LV) LEAD WAS NOT WORKING AND HAD DISLODGED. THE MOST RECENT LV LEAD MEASUREMENT WAS FROM 2009. IT WAS SUSPECTED THAT THE LV LEAD HAD EXHIBITED HIGH THRESHOLDS AT THAT TIME. AT THE CHANGE OUT, THIS LV LEAD WAS SURGICALLY ABANDONED, ANOTHER LV WAS NOT IMPLANTED AND THE PATIENT RECEIVED AN IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD) INSTEAD OF A CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEFIBRILLATOR (CRT-D). NO ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
25855 EASYTRAK 2 IMPLANTABLE LEAD OJX CPI - DEL CARIBE 4543

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 77 YR H170| 4470| E143| 4543| 0185