On april 4, 2019 the manufacturing and material records for the perceval heart valve, model #icv1209 , s/n # (b)(4), as they pertain to the reported event, were retrieved and reviewed by quality engineering at livanova canada corp.The results confirmed that this valve satisfied all material, visual, and performance standards required for a (model #icv1209) perceval heart valve at the time of manufacture and release.The manufacturer was notified that no additional information from the site is available.Based on the original event information the device was intraoperatively changed from a pvs23 to a pvs21 which indicates a mis-sizing may have occurred, however at this time the root cause cannot be established as no further information is available.
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