BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

    HEARTWARE VENTRICULAR ASSIST SYSTEM- PUMP

    MDR report key: 8001887 · Received October 24, 2018

    Report

    Report Number
    3007042319-2018-05115
    Event Type
    Death
    Date Received
    October 24, 2018
    Date of Event
    October 8, 2018
    Report Date
    October 30, 2018
    Manufacturer
    HEARTWARE, INC.
    Product Code
    DSQ
    PMA / PMN Number
    P100047
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    PA, US
    Reporter Occupation
    PHYSICIAN

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    THIS DEVICE IS USED FOR TREATMENT NOT DIAGNOSIS. THE VENTRICULAR ASSIST SYSTEM IS INDICATED FOR USE AS A BRIDGE TO CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION AND DESTINATION THERAPY IN PATIENTS WHO ARE AT RISK OF DEATH FROM REFRACTORY END-STAGE LEFT VENTRICULAR HEART FAILURE. THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED FOR IN-HOSPITAL AND OUT-OF-HOSPITAL SETTINGS. THIS INFORMATION IS BASED ENTIRELY ON JOURNAL LITERATURE. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED IS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT. PATIENT INFORMATION IS LIMITED DUE TO CONFIDENTIALITY CONCERNS. MULTIPLE PATIENTS AND MULTIPLE MANUFACTURERS WERE NOTED IN THE ARTICLE; HOWEVER, A ONE TO ONE CORRELATION COULD NOT BE MADE WITH UNIQUE DEVICE SERIAL NUMBERS. THE BASELINE GENDER/AGE OF THE PATIENTS REPRESENTED IN THE ARTICLE IS MALE/(B)(6) YEARS OLD. THE DATES OF DEATH ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT AS THERE IS NO INDICATION OF SPECIFIC SERIAL NUMBER/PATIENT INFORMATION. WITHOUT A LOT NUMBER OR DEVICE SERIAL NUMBER, THE MANUFACTURING DATE CANNOT BE DETERMINED. SINCE NO DEVICE ID WAS PROVIDED, IT IS UNKNOWN IF THIS EVENT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE MADE AND UPON RECEIPT A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED ACCORDINGLY. REFERENCED ARTICLE: BETTER WITH TIME: AN ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF LONG TERM MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT IN A POPULATION SURVIVING AT LEAST ONE YEAR WITH A LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE. SEMINARS IN THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, 2018 OCT 8; S1043-0679(18)30292-2. DOI: 10.1053/J.SEMTCVS.2018.09.029. IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    PRODUCT EVENT SUMMARY: A PUMP WITH UNKNOWN SERIAL NUMBER WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. THE REPORTED EVENT CANNOT BE CONFIRMED DUE TO INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT A DEVICE MALFUNCTION CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED EVENT. POSSIBLE CLINICAL FACTORS THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EVENT INCLUDE THE PATIENT¿S PRE-EXISTING HISTORY AND RELATED COMORBIDITIES, THE PROGRESSION OF THEIR UNDERLYING DISEASE, ISSUES RELATED TO THE THERAPEUTIC USE OF ANTICOAGULANT AND ANTIPLATELET MEDICATIONS AND THE PATIENT'S COMPLEX POST-OPERATIVE COURSE. THERE ARE POSSIBLE PATIENT, PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PROCEDURAL FACTORS THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EVENT. IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    A JOURNAL ARTICLE WAS REVIEWED WHICH CONTAINED INFORMATION REGARDING VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES (VADS). THE ARTICLE DISCUSSED VADS FOR LEFT VENTRICULAR SUPPORT IN ADULTS AND THE HEALTHCARE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF VAD SUPPORT IN HEART FAILURE MANAGEMENT. MULTIPLE PATIENTS AND MULTIPLE MANUFACTURERS WERE NOTED IN THE ARTICLE; HOWEVER, A ONE-TO-ONE CORRELATION COULD NOT BE MADE WITH UNIQUE DEVICE SERIAL NUMBERS. THE ARTICLE REPORTS PATIENT DEATHS WHILE ON VAD SUPPORT, FROM INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES, VAD THROMBOSIS AND OTHER UNSPECIFIED CAUSES. THE STATUS/LOCATION OF THE VADS IS UNKNOWN.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    840296 HEARTWARE VENTRICULAR ASSIST SYSTEM- PUMP VENTRICULAR (ASSISST) BYPASS DSQ HEARTWARE, INC. UNK-PUMP

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 57 YR Death