FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CARDIOSEAL SEPTAL OCCLUDER IMPLANT

MDR report key: 813375 · Received February 2, 2007

Report

Report Number
MW1041833
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 2, 2007
Date of Event
February 1, 2007
Report Date
February 2, 2007
Manufacturer
MNT MEDICAL INC
Product Code
MLV
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
MN, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT HAD A CARDIOSEAL PFO CLOSURE DEVICE-HDE IMPLANTED IN 2005 FOR PREVIOUS TIA SYMPTOMS. FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, PATIENT HAD VISUAL DISTURBANCES AND HAD A CARDIAC ECHO AND TRANS ESOPHAGEAL ECHO -TEE- PERFORMED. TEE SHOWED A MOBILE MASS IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HEART, CONNECTED TO THE IMPLANT AREA. CONSULTING CARDIOLOGIST THINKS THAT IT IS EITHER A THROMBUS, WHICH IS A SIDE EFFECT OF THE DEVICE OR A MYXOMA, A BENIGN TUMOR, THAT MAY OCCUR ANYWHERE IN THE BODY. PATIENT IS SCHEDULED TO HAVE AN OPEN HEART SURGERY FOR REMOVAL OF THIS MASS AND IMPLANT. THE REAL DIAGNOSIS WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER PATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE TISSUE AND IMPLANT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 CARDIOSEAL SEPTAL OCCLUDER IMPLANT * MLV MNT MEDICAL INC * 0407044

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 50 YR Hospitalization| S