COREVALVE TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE
Report
- Report Number
- 2025587-2017-01766
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- October 5, 2017
- Date of Event
- June 17, 2014
- Report Date
- September 20, 2017
- Manufacturer
- MEDTRONIC HEART VALVES DIVISION
- Product Code
- NPT
- PMA / PMN Number
- P130021
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- IT
- Reporter Occupation
- PHYSICIAN
Narratives
CITATION: SARKAR, KUNAL MD. ET AL. CORE VALVE IMPLANT FAILURE IN THE PRESENCE OF MECHANICAL MITRAL PROSTHESIS: IMPORTANCE OF ASSESSING LEFT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT. CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS; (2015) 85:920¿924 DOI 10.1002/CCD.25376. EARLIEST DATE OF E-PUBLISH/PUBLISH USED FOR EVENT DATE. NO UNIQUE DEVICE IDENTIFIER (SERIAL/LOT) NUMBERS WERE PROVIDED; WITHOUT THIS INFORMATION IT CANNOT BE DETERMINED WHETHER THIS EVENT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. A GOOD FAITH EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO OBTAIN THE APPLICABLE INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE REPORT. IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.
MEDTRONIC RECEIVED INFORMATION VIA LITERATURE REGARDING A (B)(6)-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT WITH A PREVIOUSLY IMPLANTED NON MEDTRONIC MECHANICAL MITRAL VALVE. TEN YEARS AFTER THE IMPLANT OF THE MITRAL VALVE, A 31MM VALVE WAS IMPLANTED 8MM BELOW THE ANNULUS AND RESULTED IN MILD AORTIC REGURGITATION. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED, BUT REMAINED ON HIGH DOSES OF DIURETICS AND COMPLAINED OF DYSPNEA A FOLLOW UP TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAM (TEE) INDICATED SEVERE CENTRAL REGURGITATION, FOCAL UNDER EXPANSION AND SUBSEQUENT POOR COAPTATION OF THE VALVE DUE TO INTERFERENCE OF THE MECHANICAL MITRAL VALVE. TWO BALLOON AORTIC VALVULOPLASTIES WERE PERFORMED AND RESOLVED THE REGURGITATION. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE TRANSCATHETER VALVE WAS APPROPRIATELY SIZED AND IMPLANTED AT AN APPROPRIATE DEPTH. HOWEVER, THE MITRAL VALVE HAD BEEN SUTURED BELOW THE ANNULUS WHICH HAD ALTERED THE GEOMETRY OF THE LEFT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT. NO ADDITIONAL ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS OR PRODUCT PERFORMANCE ISSUES WERE REPORTED.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 697915 | COREVALVE TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE | AORTIC VALVE, PROSTHESIS, PERCUTANEOUSLY DELIVERED | NPT | MEDTRONIC HEART VALVES DIVISION | MCS-P3-31-AOA-US |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 79 YR | Required Intervention |