BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    HEARTWARE VENTRICULAR ASSIST SYSTEM- PUMP

    MDR report key: 8374123 · Received February 27, 2019

    Report

    Report Number
    3007042319-2019-04732
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    February 27, 2019
    Date of Event
    January 1, 2011
    Report Date
    February 27, 2019
    Manufacturer
    HEARTWARE, INC.
    Product Code
    DSQ
    PMA / PMN Number
    P100047
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    GM
    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. PRODUCT EVENT SUMMARY: THE DEVICE REMAINS IMPLANTED IN THE PATIENT AND IS THUS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RETURN TO THE MANUFACTURER. WITH A REVIEW OF THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO INDICATE ANY DEVICE MALFUNCTIONS OR PERFORMANCE ISSUES THAT WOULD IMPACT THE REPORTED EVENTS. 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. THIS INFORMATION IS BASED ENTIRELY ON JOURNAL LITERATURE. THIS EVENT OCCURRED OUTSIDE THE U.S. ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED IS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT. PATIENT INFORMATION IS LIMITED DUE TO CONFIDENTIALITY CONCERNS. MULTIPLE PATIENTS 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/60 YEARS OLD. 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: RETROSPECTIVE HEMOLYSIS COMPARISON BETWEEN PATIENTS WITH CENTRIFUGAL BIVENTRICULAR ASSIST AND LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ARTIFICIAL INTERNAL ORGANS JOURNAL, 2011; 57 (5): 382-387. DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0B013E31822C4994. 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 COMPARED THE RATES OF HEMOLYSIS IN PATIENTS USING BIVENTRICULAR VADS (BIVADS) VERSUS THOSE USING LEFT VADS (LVADS). MULTIPLE PATIENTS WERE NOTED IN THE ARTICLE; HOWEVER, A ONE-TO-ONE CORRELATION COULD NOT BE MADE WITH UNIQUE DEVICE SERIAL NUMBERS. THERE WERE PATIENTS ON VAD SUPPORT WHO EXPERIENCED HEMOLYSIS, SEVERE EPISTAXIS AND GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING REQUIRING BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS AND HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA. THE STATUS/LOCATION OF THE VADS IS UNKNOWN. NO FURTHER PATIENT COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    169865 HEARTWARE VENTRICULAR ASSIST SYSTEM- PUMP VENTRICULAR (ASSISST) BYPASS DSQ HEARTWARE, INC. UNK-PUMP

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 60 YR Life Threatening| R