FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

BERLIN HEART EXCOR PEDIATRIC VAD

MDR report key: 8664243 · Received June 3, 2019

Report

Report Number
3004582654-2019-00051
Event Type
Death
Date Received
June 3, 2019
Date of Event
May 1, 2019
Report Date
June 3, 2019
Manufacturer
BERLIN HEART GMBH
Product Code
DSQ
PMA / PMN Number
P160035
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TN, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

EXEMPTION NUMBER: E2013009. BERLIN HEART INC. (IMPORTER NUMBER: (B)(4)) IS SUBMITTING THE REPORT ON BEHALF OF BERLIN HEART GMBH (MANUFACTURER). PATIENT WAS ON EXCOR SYSTEM FROM (B)(6) 2019 TO (B)(6) 2019 (12 DAYS). ADVERSE EVENT TERM: ISCHEMIC CVA.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

THE SITE CONTACTED BERLIN HEART INC. ON (B)(6) 2019 TO REPORT A PATIENT SUPPORTED ON THE EXCOR BLOOD PUMP HAD A ISCHEMIC CVA AND DIED ON (B)(6) 2019. ON (B)(6) 2019, THE PATIENT WAS FOUND TO HAVE LEFT SIDED WEAKNESS AND SMALL FIBRIN STRANDS WERE NOTED IN THE PUMP SUPPORT. NO INTERVENTION COULD BE DONE DUE TO PATIENT SIZE. OVERNIGHT, PATIENT DEVELOPED A FEVER AND DECOMPENSATED REQUIRING REINTUBATION. ON (B)(6) 2019, PATIENT BECAME LESS RESPONSIVE AND ON (B)(6) 2019, THE PARENT'S CHOSE TO WITHDRAW. THE PATIENT HAD A BERLIN HEART CANNULA IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2019 WITH PEDIMAG PUMP. PATIENT WAS THEN CONVERTED TO THE BERLIN HEART PUMP ON (B)(6) 2019.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
455397 BERLIN HEART EXCOR PEDIATRIC VAD VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE DSQ BERLIN HEART GMBH

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 2 YR Death| L