Citation: tomsic et al.Extensive aortic root endocarditis with extension into the intervalvular fibrous body: an updated report of a mitral valve sparing approach.Eur j cardiothorac surg.2023 jun 1;63(6):ezad114.Doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezad114.Earliest date of publication 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.Medtronic is submitting this report to comply with fda reporting regulations under 21 cfr parts 4 and 803.This report is based upon information obtained by medtronic, which the company may not have been able to fully investigate or verify prior to the date the report was required by the fda.Medtronic has made reasonable efforts to obtain more complete information and has provided as much relevant information as is available to the company as of the submission date of this report.This report does not constitute an admission or a conclusion by fda, medtronic, or its employees that the device, medtronic, or its employee caused or contributed to the event described in the report.In particular, this report does not constitute an admission by anyone that the product described in this report has any ¿defects¿ or has ¿malfunctioned¿.These words are included in the fda 3500a form and are fixed items for selection created by the fda to categorize the type of event solely for the purpose of regulatory reporting.Medtronic objects to the use of these words and others like them because of the lack of definition and the connotations implied by these terms.This statement should be included with any information or report disclosed to the public under the freedom of information act.Any required fields that are unpopulated are blank because the information is currently unknown or unavailable.A good faith effort will be made to obtain the applicable information relevant to the report.If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
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Literature was reviewed regarding extensive aortic root endocarditis with extension into the intervalvular fibrous body. the study population included 60 patients who were predominantly male with a mean age of 61 years. multiple manufacturer¿s devices were implanted in the study population; 42 patients were implanted with a medtronic freestyle bioprosthetic aortic root (n=37), hancock ii aortic bioprosthetic valve (n=1) or simulus annuloplasty ring (n=4) for mitral valve repair. deaths occurred in the study population; however, there was no statement establishing a causal or contributory relationship between medtronic product and the deaths. among all patients adverse events included: infective endocarditis, bleeding complication, paravalvular leak, mitral regurgitation, pseudoaneurysm, arrhythmia requiring permanent pacemaker implant, congestive heart failure, moderate valvular stenosis, acute kidney injury, and re-intervention some of which required mechanical circulatory support with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or intra-aortic balloon pump. no further information pertaining to medtronic products was noted.
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