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PulseSelect Adverse Events: FDA MAUDE Data

MEDTRONIC, INC. · Cardiac Ablation Catheter (Pulsed Field/PFA) · First cleared Dec 2023

Total Reports

1,542

Reports (30d)

138

Active Signals

2

Open Recalls

0

Monthly Report Volume
Event Type Breakdown

What the reports describe · Claripulse analysis

Most commonly reported problems

1

Catheter Array Tangling During Retraction

ablation pulsed, catheter replaced, completed pulsed, issue case, array

164

reports

2

Vagal Response Causing Sinus Bradycardia

patient complications, outcome, response, presented, result event

40

reports

3

Pericardial Effusion with Blood Pressure Drop

cardiac ablation, patient complications, event cardiac, pericardial, result event

27

reports

4

Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation Post-Ablation

cardiac ablation, patient complications, outcome, mri, result event

8

reports

5

Hemolysis Following PFA Procedure

lesions, posterior wall, selected, pfa procedure, patients

3

reports

6

Stroke Occurring During Ablation Procedure

stroke, cardiac ablation, patient complications, magnetic, result event

3

reports

Problem groupings are generated by Claripulse from report narrative text. They summarize what reporters wrote, not adjudicated root cause.

Detection

Active safety signals

Disproportionate reportinghighVolume spikehigh

Evidence

Related research

Incidence of cough reflex and vagal response among various pulsed field ablation systems: a multicenter registry study.

Kawamura I, et al. · 2025

A single centre experience of pulsed field ablation for atrial fibrillation using the Medtronic PulseSelect System: an analysis of the first 100 patients

Zahid Siddiqui, et al. · Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology · 2025

Pulse field ablation in patients with paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation using the circular multielectrode array catheter: first outcome data in a real-world prospective study

Verena Tscholl, et al. · Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology · 2026

Initial Real-World Experiences of Pulmonary Vein Isolation and Ablation of Non-Pulmonary Vein Sites Using a Novel Circular Array Pulsed Field Ablation Catheter

Joerg Yogarajah, et al. · Journal of Clinical Medicine · 2024

Direct Comparison of Two Commercially Available Pulsed Field Ablation Systems for Atrial Fibrillation; Procedure Characteristics and Acute Outcomes.

Abeln BGS, et al. · 2025

Citations indexed from PubMed.

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Understanding this data

What FDA MAUDE data does and does not tell you

How these reports are filed, why raw counts mislead, and the limits to know before drawing conclusions.

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Disclaimer: This system analyzes publicly available FDA MAUDE data. It does NOT provide medical advice. MAUDE data is de-identified. Do not attempt re-identification. Report counts may differ from the FDA's MAUDE search due to processing cadence and deduplication. Data is updated weekly.