It was reported that a latitude alert was received that indicated that this pacemaker was found to be in safety mode.A surface electrocardiogram was performed and revealed the other manufactures right ventricular (rv) lead had loss of capture at 5 volts.Patient was noted to have slow underline rhythm.Technical services recommended to replace the device and to send it back for disk analysis.At this time, this pacemaker remains in service.No adverse patient effects were reported.This report reflects information received by fda in the form of a notification per 803.22 (b)(2).
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