NAVISTAR® THERMOCOOL®
Report
- Report Number
- 2029046-2016-00060
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- June 16, 2016
- Date of Event
- July 31, 2014
- Report Date
- May 26, 2016
- Manufacturer
- BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC. (IRWINDALE)
- Product Code
- LPB
- Removal / Correction Number
- NA
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Occupation
- OTHER
Narratives
NO DEVICE WAS RECEIVED FOR ANALYSIS AT THE TIME OF SUBMISSION OF THE INITIAL 3500A. SINCE THE PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS, NO PRODUCT FAILURE ANALYSIS CAN BE CONDUCTED AND NO DETERMINATION OF POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS COULD BE MADE. DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) REVIEW CANNOT BE CONDUCTED BECAUSE THE NO LOT NUMBER WAS PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER. SINCE THE LOT NUMBER IS UNKNOWN, THE FULL UDI NUMBER CANNOT BE PROVIDED. CONCOMITANT PRODUCTS WERE USED DURING THIS STUDY: CARTO MAPPING SYSTEM. OTHER COMPANY¿S DEVICES WERE USED DURING THIS STUDY: ENSITE NAVX SYSTEM (ST JUDE MEDICAL, (B)(4)), 3DING SYSTEM (SICHUAN JINJIANG ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, (B)(4)). THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED TO BWI.
THIS COMPLAINT IS FROM A LITERATURE SOURCE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT ONE (B)(6) FEMALE PATIENT (CASE 2) UNDERWENT RADIOFREQUENCY CATHETER ABLATION FOR PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND SUFFERED INTRA-OPERATIVE ISCHAEMIC STROKE WHICH REQUIRED CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY AND THROMBECTOMY. THE SYMPTOM OF EVENT WAS DYSARTHRIA. LESION LOCATION WAS LEFT BASAL GANGLIA. THE PATIENT HAD A MEDICAL HISTORY OF ISCHAEMIC STROKE, HYPERTENSION AND MITRAL ISTHMUS. ABLATION LOCATION WAS BILATERAL PULMONARY VEINS. ENOXAPARIN WAS USED FOR PRE-PROCEDURAL ANTICOAGULATION AND MINIMAL ACT DURING PROCEDURES WAS 255S. RHYTHM AT THE ONSET OF PROCEDURE WAS SINUS RHYTHM AND RHYTHM OF ADVERSE EVENT ONSET WAS SINUS RHYTHM. THE AUTHOR COMMENTED THAT THE LIKELIHOOD OF BWI DEVICES CITED IN THE ARTICLE RELATED TO THE REPORTED PATIENT CONSEQUENCES WAS VERY LOW; THE ADVERSE EVENTS WERE MAINLY RELATED TO PERIOPERATIVE ANTICOAGULATION; THE CAUSALITY OF ADVERSE EVENT WAS POSSIBLE PROCEDURE RELATED AND PATIENT CONDITION RELATED. BASED ON THE FACTS OF THE CASE AND THE AUTHOR'S ASSESSMENT, THERE WERE NO REPORTED MALFUNCTION WITH ANY OF THE BWI CATHETERS AND SYSTEMS USED DURING THE CASE. THUS, THIS EVENT IS UNRELATED TO THE DEVICE AND MOST LIKELY RELATED TO THE PROCEDURE. TITLE: "INCIDENCE AND OUTCOMES OF CEREBROVASCULAR EVENTS COMPLICATING CATHETER ABLATION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION." THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO EVALUATE THE INCIDENCE, POSSIBLE RISK FACTORS, MANAGEMENT, AND HOSPITAL OUTCOMES OF CEREBROVASCULAR EVENTS FOLLOWING CATHETER ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. ALL PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT AN AF ABLATION PROCEDURE FROM JULY 2007 TO JULY 2014 WERE INCLUDED IN THIS STUDY.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 385127 | NAVISTAR® THERMOCOOL® | SIMILAR DEVICE NI75TCJH, PMA # P030031 | LPB | BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC. (IRWINDALE) | D-1197-00 | UNKNOWN_NAVISTAR THERMO TC |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 71 YR | Hospitalization| L| R |