FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

PROTECTA XT CRT-D

MDR report key: 3232598 · Received July 18, 2013

Report

Report Number
3004209178-2013-11919
Event Type
Death
Date Received
July 18, 2013
Report Date
July 23, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO
Product Code
NIK
PMA / PMN Number
P010031
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OR, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE HOSPITAL INDICATED THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH SHORTNESS OF BREATH AFTER A RECENT DIAGNOSIS OF ALVEOLAR HEMORRHAGE THOUGHT TO BE AUTOIMMUNE ON CHRONIC STEROID USE. THE PATIENT WAS FOUND TO HAVE A NEW CAVITARY LESION ON THE RIGHT MIDDLE LOBE AS WELL AS BILATERAL INFILTRATES THOUGHT TO BE OF INFECTIOUS ETIOLOGY. THE PATIENT DEVELOPED ACUTE HYPOXIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE AND THE DECISION WAS MADE TO PLACE THE PATIENT ON COMFORT CARE MEASURES ONLY.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE INFORMATION SUBMITTED REFLECTS ALL RELEVANT DATA RECEIVED. IF ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED. ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. CONCOMITANT PRODUCTS: 694765 IMPLANTABLE TACHY LEAD, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2004; 5076-52 IMPLANTABLE PACING LEAD, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2004; 4 19488 IMPLANTABLE PACING LEAD, IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2005. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT ALERT TRIGGERED, AND THE PATIENT RECEIVED A SHOCK. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED IN FOLLOW UP NOTED THAT THE PATIENT IS DECEASED AND DIED APPROXIMATELY SIX WEEKS POST PATIENT ALERT. FURTHER REVIEW OF THE MANUFACTURER¿S DATABASE INDICATED THE PATIENT DIED APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS POST IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD) REPLACEMENT. THE CAUSE OF DEATH HAS BEEN REQUESTED AND NOT RECEIVED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
336313 PROTECTA XT CRT-D DEFIBRILLATOR, AUTOMATIC IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER, WITH CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATIO NIK MEDTRONIC MED REL MEDTRONIC PUERTO RICO D314TRG

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Death| L