Catalog Number UNK_NAVISTAR THERMOCOOL |
Device Problem
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem (2993)
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Patient Problems
Thrombosis (2100); No Code Available (3191)
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Event Date 12/31/2015 |
Event Type
Injury
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Manufacturer Narrative
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No device was received for analysis at the time of submission of the initial 3500a.Since the product was not returned for analysis, no product failure analysis can be conducted and no determination of possible contributing factors could be made.Device history record (dhr) review cannot be conducted because the no lot number was provided by the customer.Manufacturer's ref.No: (b)(4).
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Event Description
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This complaint is from a literature source.It was reported that 1 patient with infarctrelated ventricular tachycardia underwent radiofrequency ablation and had a thromboembolic event in the early postablation period.This patient had a lower extremity arterial embolism presenting with pain and paresthesias 12 hours after the procedure and required surgical embolectomy and fasciotomies for compartment syndrome with complete clinical recovery.No definite intracardiac source of embolism was identified by transthoracic echocardiography.Title: ¿thromboembolic prophylaxis protocol with warfarin after radiofrequency catheter ablation of infarct-related ventricular tachycardia.¿ the purpose of this study was to evaluate a thromboembolic prophylaxis protocol after ventricular tachycardia (vt)ablation.The study was conducted between 2008 and 2015.217 patients were enrolled in this study.Thermocool catheters were used in this study, however catalog and lot number were unknown.
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