The patient presented to the emergency department in poor general health.No pacing output was noted on the ecg.Interrogation was not possible as the facility did not have a merlin programmer in their possession.The patient declined the use of any external pacing therapy or other therapeutic or surgical intervention.The patient had multiple comorbidities, and a do not resuscitate (dnr) status, and passed away due to bradycardia and respiratory distress, on the same day.The device will not return for analysis as it remains in the patient.The previous follow up in (b)(6) 2021 did not reveal any device anomalies.The patient was not enrolled or monitored regularly on merlin.Net.The physician reported a malfunction of the device contributed to the death of the patient.
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