Description of Event or Problem · 1
THE EVENT WAS REPORTED THROUGH FDA MEDWATCH PROGRAM BY THE USER FACILITY, AND IS DESCRIBED IN A MEDWATCH REPORT ((B)(4)). THE PATIENT ARRIVED IN THE CATH LAB IN AN EMERGENT SITUATION. AFTER COMPLETION OF A THROMBECTOMY PROCEDURE, AIR WAS NOTICED IN A CORONARY ARTERY. THE PATIENT SUBSEQUENTLY EXPERIENCED BRADYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA, AND CARDIAC ARREST. THE PATIENT RECOVERED AND WAS DISCHARGED HOME. EIGHT MONTHS LATER, WHEN THE FACILITY BECAME AWARE OF A RECALL (FDA# Z-0955-2013), THE USER FACILITY SUBMITTED A MEDWATCH REPORT STATING THAT A GUARDIAN DEVICE WAS USED DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE STATEMENT IN THE MEDWATCH REPORT THAT THE "DEVICE USED DURING PROCEDURE WAS PART OF A RECALL BY FDA" IS INCORRECT; THE GUARDIAN USED IN THE PROCEDURE WAS NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE RECALL.