FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ENDOTAK RELIANCE

MDR report key: 4131507 · Received October 1, 2014

Report

Report Number
2124215-2014-13817
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 1, 2014
Date of Event
July 4, 2014
Report Date
February 27, 2015
Manufacturer
CPI - DEL CARIBE
Product Code
NVY
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). AS NO FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS REPORT IS EXPECTED, OUR INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE. THIS INVESTIGATION WILL BE UPDATED SHOULD FURTHER INFORMATION BE PROVIDED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED FROM THE FIELD INDICATED THAT THE PATIENT WAS AGAIN SEEN, AND HIGH THRESHOLDS AND LOSS OF CAPTURE INVOLVING THE RV LEAD WERE OBSERVED. THE PATIENT REPORTED EXPERIENCING SOME DIZZY SPELLS, BUT THERE WERE NO PAUSES IN THEIR HEART RATE. A REVISION PROCEDURE WILL BE PLANNED WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS AND FOR NOW THE PATIENT WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED. NO ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS WERE REPORTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THIS PATIENT RECEIVED AN APPROPRIATE SHOCK WHICH LED TO THE RIGHT VENTRICULAR (RV) LEAD TO BEING MICRO-DISLODGED. AN INCREASE IN THRESHOLDS WAS ALSO NOTED. THE PATIENT¿S DEVICE WAS REPROGRAMMED, WHICH SLIGHTLY LOWERED THE PACING IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENTS OF THE RV LEAD. THE PATIENT WAS DISMISSED AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED. THE RV LEAD REMAINS IN SERVICE. NO ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
610628 ENDOTAK RELIANCE NVY CPI - DEL CARIBE 0292

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 81 YR 0292