Medtronic received information from a literature article regarding the in-hospital outcomes with percutaneous pulmonic valve implantation (ppvi) and surgical pulmonic valve implantation (spvr) in adult hospitals in the united states after approval and commercial availability of the melody and sapien xt valves.The authors searched the national inpatient sample database and obtained information for ppvi and spvr hospitalizations from january 2016 to december 2017.The study population included 5,445 patients (ppvi=1140, spvr=4305).In the ppvi group, the demographic data was as follows: predominantly male, median age 21 years, and 52.6% white.An un disclosed number of patients underwent ppvi with medtronic melody transcatheter pulmonary valves.No unique device identifier numbers were provided.Among all ppvi patients, 10 in-hospital deaths occurred.None of the deaths were directly associated with medtronic product.Among all ppvi patients, in-hospital adverse events included: conversion to spvr, stroke (ischemic or hemorrhagic), cardiac arrest, cardiogenic shock, complete heart block, permanent pacemaker implantation, ventricular arrhythmias, st elevation myocardial infarction, intra-aortic balloon pump support, vascular complications requiring surgery, percutaneous coronary intervention, bleeding, blood transfusion, and respiratory complications.Based on the available information, medtronic product may have been associated with the adverse events.No additional adverse patient effects or product performance issues were reported.
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