Description of Event or Problem · 1
THE PATIENT WAS ENROLLED IN THE (B)(6) STUDY IN (B)(6) 2019. IT WAS REPORTED THAT LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK (LBBB) AND TYPE-I 2ND DEGREE ARTERIOVENOUS (AV) BLOCK OCCURRED. THE SUBJECT WAS ON A PRIOR REGIMEN OF ANTIPLATELET OTHER THAN ASPIRIN AT THE TIME OF THE INDEX PROCEDURE. PRIOR TO THE INDEX PROCEDURE, HEPARIN OR OTHER ANTICOAGULANT WAS GIVEN. THE SUBJECT RECEIVED A LOADING DOSE OF 81 MG OF ASPIRIN. A LOTUS INTRODUCER WAS PLACED AND THEN THE AORTIC VALVE WAS TREATED WITH BALLOON VALVULOPLASTY (BAV) FOLLOWED BY DEPLOYMENT OF A 25 MM LOTUS EDGE VALVE. POST DILATATION WAS NOT PERFORMED. SUCCESSFUL REPOSITIONING OF THE LOTUS EDGE VALVE INVOLVED PARTIAL AND COMPLETE RE-SHEATHING OF THE VALVE IN THE DELIVERY SYSTEM CATHETER AND DEPLOYMENT INTO A MORE ACCURATE POSITION WITHIN THE AORTIC ANNULUS. ON THE SAME DAY OF THE INDEX PROCEDURE, POST TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION, THE SUBJECT DEVELOPED LBBB. 1 DAY POST INDEX PROCEDURE, THE SUBJECT DEVELOPED TYPE-I 2ND DEGREE AV BLOCK. OF NOTE, NO CONDUCTION DISTURBANCES WERE NOTED POST BAV. AT THE TIME OF REPORTING, THE EVENTS WERE NOT RECOVERED/ NOT RESOLVED. 5 DAYS POST INDEX PROCEDURE, THE SUBJECT WAS NOTED WITH LEFT GROIN PSEUDOANEURYSM. ULTRASOUND WAS PERFORMED AS A DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN TO TREAT THE EVENT AND THE VASCULAR SURGEON CONSULTATION WAS RECOMMENDED. AT THE TIME OF REPORTING, THE EVENT WAS CONSIDERED RECOVERED/ RESOLVED.