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Medtronic received additional information that approximately 6 years and 7 months post implant of this valve, the patient presented with enterococcus faecalis endocarditis of the prosthetic aortic valve.At this time the patient experienced a septic embolic middle cerebral artery stroke.Transesophageal echocardiogram (tee) showed debris on the valve, and the patient was treated with six weeks of intravenous antibiotics.Six years and nine months post implant, repeat tee revealed persistent debris on the valve along with moderate to severe stenosis.Ultimately, 6 years and 11 months later the valve was explanted and replaced.During explant it was noted that one leaflet of the prosthetic valve was not functioning well.It was reported that the patient recovered well from the stroke, and no additional adverse patient effects were reported. a4: added patient weight h6: updated coding b7: added relevant history.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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