FDA Adverse Event Summary report: N

IMPLANTABLE DEFIBRILLATOR/PACEMAKER/LEAD

MDR report key: 32138 · Received January 31, 1996

Report

Report Number
32138
Date Received
January 31, 1996
Date of Event
February 1, 1995
Report Date
November 8, 1995
Manufacturer
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.
Product Code
LWS
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A 71-YR-OLD MALE HAD UNDERGONE AICD PLACEMENT ON 2/95 NOTICED THAT HE WAS OVERSENSING, RECEIVED TWO SHOCKS THAT WERE NOT INDICATED. CARDIOLOGY NOTED EPISODES OF PAUSES 1.9 TO 2.3 SECONDS. ON 9/28/95 PT UNDERWENT REPLACEMENT OF AICD PACEMAKER, REMOVAL OF OLD GENERATOR AND PLACEMENT OF ANOTHER MODEL LEAD WAS REPOSITONED. THE PT SUBSEQUENTLY UNDERWENT REPLACEMENT OF SENSING V-LEAD ON 10/3/95 DUE TO PERSISTENT PAUSES ON TELEMETRY. THE PT TOLERATED THE PROCEDURE WELL AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DISCHARGED IN STABLE CONDITION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 IMPLANTABLE DEFIBRILLATOR/PACEMAKER/LEAD PACEMAKER/LEAD LWS CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. 1705

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 71 YR