Citation: lee wy et al.Surgical options for pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect in neonates and young infants.Pediatr cardiol.2020 jun;41(5):1012-1020.Doi: 10.1007/s00246-020-02352-9.Epub 2020 may 6.Presented at the 55th annual meeting of society of thoracic surgeons, san diego, ca, january 27¿29, 2019.Earliest date of presentation used for date of event.No unique device identifier (serial/lot) numbers were provided; without this information it could not be determined whether these observations have been previously reported.Without return of the product no definitive conclusion can be made regarding the clinical observations.If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
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Medtronic received information from a literature article regarding the impact of surgical strategies on overall survival and the incidence of post-repair re-interventions in patients with pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect who underwent staged repair or primary repair.All data were retrospectively collected from a single center between 2004 and 2017.The study population included 65 pediatric patients.Of those, 25 were implanted with medtronic valved conduits: contegra (16) and hancock (9).No serial numbers were provided.Among all patients, 6 early and 4 inter-stage deaths occurred, respectively.The study used non-medtronic conduits, tube grafts, and unspecified miscellaneous repair products in addition to the contegra and hancock.The type of conduit implanted in each patient who died was not reported.Based on the available information, medtronic product was not directly associated with the deaths.Among all patients, adverse events included surgical and catheter-based re-interventions.Surgical re-interventions performed: conduit replacement; peel operation using the back wall of previous conduit; right ventricular outflow tract obstruction relief; and branch pulmonary artery angioplasty.Catheter-based re-interventions performed: ballooning/stenting of the conduit; ballooning/stenting of branch pulmonary artery stenosis; and ballooning of the superior vena cava.Other adverse events reported: long post-operative ventilatory support and aneurysmal dilatation of a contegra conduit.Based on the available information, medtronic product was associated with the adverse events.No additional adverse patient effects or product performance issues were reported.
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