ABBOTT VASCULAR-CARDIAC THERAPIES

Manufacturer adverse-event records for ABBOTT VASCULAR-CARDIAC THERAPIES come from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database via openFDA, refreshed March 2026 - see our methodology. Not medical advice.

FDA MAUDE device safety record · 2004–2014 · thin-book · elevated Death-code · injury-heavy

Death-code intensity

ABBOTT VASCULAR-CARDIAC THERAPIES carries an elevated Death-code share

Death-coded event_type rows are 471 of 6,221 (7.57% · elevated tercile among 443 manufacturers). Absolute volume is thin-book.

What the Death-code reading shows for ABBOTT VASCULAR-CARDIAC THERAPIES

The standout signal for ABBOTT VASCULAR-CARDIAC THERAPIES is Death-code intensity: 7.57% of 6,221 reports (elevated tercile), while absolute volume is thin-book.

As a thinner-book manufacturer, a handful of device families can swing the totals; open the device table rather than reading the company headline alone. Event_type counts are not the same population as Patient Outcomes.

Reports span 17 device types, led in this extract by Injury at 3,468 (55.7% of event_type total). Peak single-year volume reaches 2,439 reports across 6 years. These are raw FDA submissions, not adjudicated findings. Snapshot . Verify current communications on the FDA MDR page.

6,221
Total Reports
471
Event-type Death
3,468
Injury Reports
17
Device Types

Event Types

Injury 3,468 (55.7%)
Malfunction 2,277 (36.6%)
Death 471 (7.6%)
3 (0.0%)
Other 2 (0.0%)

Patient Outcomes

FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.

2,292 (27.6%)
Required Intervention 1,929 (23.2%)
R 1,169 (14.1%)
Hospitalization 1,105 (13.3%)
S 716 (8.6%)
Death 471 (5.7%)
Disability 357 (4.3%)
L 105 (1.3%)
H 92 (1.1%)
Other 54 (0.6%)
Life Threatening 13 (0.2%)
O 8 (0.1%)
D 2 (0.0%)

Yearly Trend

04
2004: 1
07
2007: 444
08
2008: 1,500
09
2009: 2,439
10
2010: 1,835
14
2014: 2