FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

RIATA ST ACTIVE FIXATION

MDR report key: 3220179 · Received July 11, 2013

Report

Report Number
2938836-2013-04252
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 11, 2013
Date of Event
May 28, 2013
Manufacturer
ST JUDE MEDICAL CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT DIVISION
Product Code
NVY
PMA / PMN Number
P950022
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY MANUFACTURER, NO MEDWATCH FORM WAS RECEIVED. INTERROGATION, OVERSENSING CAUSED THE INAPPROPRIATE SHOCKS. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT PRESENTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM BECAUSE, HE WAS NOT FEELING GOOD. THE PATIENT WAS ADMITTED TO THE ICU FOR ACIDOSIS, WHILE IN THE ICU INAPPROPRIATE SHOCKS WERE NOTED. A MAGNET WAS PLACED ON THE DEVICE TO DISABLE THERAPY. THE NEXT MORNING, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED REAL VF, THE MAGNET WAS REMOVED AND THE DEVICE SENSED, DIAGNOSED AND TREATED THE VF. ONE HOUR LATER, THE PATIENT CONDITION DETERIORATED AND CPR WAS STARTED. UPON

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
320874 RIATA ST ACTIVE FIXATION DEFIBRILLATION LEAD NVY ST JUDE MEDICAL CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT DIVISION 7000/65 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R