FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CARPENTIER-EDWARDS PHYSIO II ANNULOPLASTY RING

MDR report key: 3981639 · Received August 5, 2014

Report

Report Number
2015691-2014-01790
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 5, 2014
Date of Event
June 27, 2014
Report Date
July 7, 2014
Manufacturer
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES
Product Code
DYE
PMA / PMN Number
K083470
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE EXPLANTED DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED TO MANUFACTURER AS IT WAS DISCARDED AT HOSPITAL, THUS AN EVALUATION WAS NOT PERFORMED. ANNULOPLASTY RING DEHISCENCE MAY OCCUR EARLY OR LATE. WHEN IT OCCURS IN THE EARLY POST-OPERATIVE PERIOD, IT IS TYPICALLY A RESULT OF AN INADEQUATE VALVE REPAIR IN COMBINATION WITH FRIABLE MYOCARDIAL TISSUE. LATE DEHISCENCE CAN OCCUR AS A RESULT OF SUCCESSIVE DILATATION OF CARDIAC STRUCTURES THAT RESULT FROM PROGRESSION OF DISEASE. THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD REVIEW WAS COMPLETED AND CONFIRMS THAT THIS DEVICE PASSED ALL MANUFACTURING OR STERILIZATION INSPECTIONS. NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME, EDWARDS WILL CONTINUE TO REVIEW AND MONITOR ALL EVENTS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

EDWARDS RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT A 32MM BIOPROSTHETIC MITRAL RING, IMPLANTED APPROXIMATELY THREE (3) YEARS AND TWENTY-FOUR (24) DAYS, WAS EXPLANTED DUE TO SEVERE REGURGITATION & PARAVALVULAR LEAK (PVL), SECONDARY TO RING DEHISCENCE. THE EXPLANTED DEVICE (ANNLULOPLASTY RING) WAS REPLACED WITH A BIOPROSTHETIC VALVE. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A TRICUSPID VALVE REPAIR DURING THE SAME SURGERY, AND IS REPORTED IN STABLE AND SATISFACTORY CONDITION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
456278 CARPENTIER-EDWARDS PHYSIO II ANNULOPLASTY RING REPLACEMENT HEART VALVE DYE EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES 5200

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 74 YR Hospitalization| L| R