FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

COREVALVE 29MM AORTIC VALVE

MDR report key: 4072195 · Received September 9, 2014

Report

Report Number
2025587-2014-00639
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 9, 2014
Date of Event
August 15, 2014
Report Date
January 2, 2015
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC HEART VALVES DIVISION
Product Code
NPT
PMA / PMN Number
P130021
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD WAS REVIEWED AND SHOWED THAT THIS PRODUCT MET ALL MANUFACTURING SPECIFICATIONS FOR PRODUCT RELEASED FOR DISTRIBUTION. NO ISSUES WERE IDENTIFIED THAT WOULD HAVE IMPACTED THIS EVENT. THE REPORTED INFORMATION DOES NOT INDICATE A POTENTIAL MANUFACTURING ISSUE. PARAVALVULAR LEAK (PVL) CAN BE CAUSED BY A VARIETY OF FACTORS, INCLUDING VALVE POSITIONING, PATIENT ANATOMY, OR THE PRESENCE OF PRE-EXISTING PATIENT CONDITIONS; A CONCLUSIVE CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED FROM THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE. A SECOND VALVE WAS SUCCESSFULLY IMPLANTED VALVE-IN-VALVE WITH A TRACE OF PVL. A TRACE PVL HAS MINIMAL IMPACT ON THE PATIENT AND IS GENERALLY DEEMED AN ACCEPTABLE RESIDUAL CONDITION.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

MFR. NAME - MEDTRONIC HEART VALVES DIVISION.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PRODUCT REMAINS IMPLANTED AND THEREFORE HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED TO MEDTRONIC. A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE FILED WHEN THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

MEDTRONIC RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT FOLLOWING THE IMPLANT OF THIS TRANSCATHETER BIOPROSTHETIC VALVE, SEVERE PARAVALVULAR LEAK (PVL) WAS NOTED. A POST IMPLANT BALLOON AORTIC VALVULOPLASTY (BAV) WAS PERFORMED, HOWEVER WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN CHANGING THE PVL. A SECOND VALVE WAS SUCCESSFULLY IMPLANTED VALVE-IN-VALVE PROCEDURE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
555536 COREVALVE 29MM AORTIC VALVE AORTIC VALVE, PROSTHESIS, PERCUTANEOUSLY DELIVERED NPT MEDTRONIC HEART VALVES DIVISION MCS-P3-29-AOA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00084 YR Required Intervention