SJM™ Masters Series 21ATJ-503Recalls & reported problems
St. Jude Medical, Inc. · Aortic PTFE Rotatable Mechanical Heart Valve · Class 3 · Implant
All models of SJM Masters Series (27)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 1
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 1
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 05414734028578), received between Jun 16, 2023 and Jun 16, 2023 — classified as 1 injury.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Stenosis” (1 report).
Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 18, 2026.
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Device Stenosis1
- Incomplete Coaptation1
- Patient-Device Incompatibility1
Patient problems
- Aortic Valve Stenosis1
- Dyspnea1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJun 16, 2023Incomplete Coaptation; Patient-Device Incompatibility; Device Stenosis; Incomplete Coaptation; Patient-Device Incompatibility; Device Stenosis
IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2002, A 21MM MASTERS SERIES HEART VALVE WITH TEFLON CUFF WAS SUCCESSFULLY IMPLANTED IN A PATIENT'S AORTIC VALVE. IN (B)(6) 2023, THE PATIENT HAD A MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND THE PATIENT DISPLAYED SYMPTOMS OF AORTIC STENOSIS: SHORTNESS OF BREATH/DYSPNEA ON EXERTION. AN ECHOCARDIOGRAM (ECHO) WAS PERFORMED, AND MILD-MODERATE AORTIC STENOSIS WAS CONFIRMED. IN MAY, THE AORTIC STENOSIS PROGRESSED, AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT VALVE REPLACEMENT WAS NECESSARY. ON (B)(6) 2023, THE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED AND A 19MM EPIC VALVE WAS IMPLANTED. PANNUS WAS SEEN CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ON THE INFLOW SIDE OF THE MASTERS VALVE, WHICH INDICATED THAT THE VALVE WAS NOT COMPLETELY OPENING. THE PATIENT WAS REPORTED AS STABLE.
Patient problems: Aortic Valve Stenosis; Dyspnea
MAUDE report 17144562 ↗
Other HEART-VALVE, MECHANICAL devices
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- SJM Regent™ AGFN-756St. Jude Medical, Inc. · HEART-VALVE, MECHANICAL5 deaths66 reports
- SJM Regent™ 23AGFN-756St. Jude Medical, Inc. · HEART-VALVE, MECHANICAL3 deaths44 reports
- CARBOMEDICS SUPRA-ANNULAR (TOP HAT) S5-021Corcym Srl · HEART-VALVE, MECHANICAL7 deaths37 reports
- Regent™ 21AGFN-756St. Jude Medical, Inc. · HEART-VALVE, MECHANICAL3 deaths35 reports
- Regent™ 23AGFN-756St. Jude Medical, Inc. · HEART-VALVE, MECHANICAL2 deaths33 reports
- Regent™ 19AGFN-756St. Jude Medical, Inc. · HEART-VALVE, MECHANICAL31 reports
Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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