Epic™ ESP100-21-00Recalls & reported problems
St. Jude Medical, Inc. · St. Jude Medical Porcine Aortic Supra Bioprosthetic Heart Valve · Class 3 · Implant
All models of Epic (26)
Data updated Oct 16, 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 05414734055635), received between Jun 16, 2021 and Jun 16, 2021 — classified as 1 injury.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Biocompatibility” (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 16, 2026.
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Biocompatibility1
- Obstruction of Flow1
Patient problems
- Dyspnea1
- Heart Failure/Congestive Heart Failure1
- Thrombosis/Thrombus1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJun 16, 2021Obstruction of Flow; Biocompatibility; Obstruction of Flow; Biocompatibility
IT WAS REPORTED THAT AN (B)(6) YEAR OLD PATIENT IMPLANTED WITH AN EPIC SUPRA VALVE W/FLEXFIT ON (B)(6) 2021, PRESENTED WITH SYMPTOMS OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (CHF) REPORTING DYSPNEA, REGURGITATION, AND HIGH GRADIENTS DURING A FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENT IN THE CLINIC. A CLOT WAS CONFIRMED ON THE VALVE. AT THE DISCOVERY OF THE THROMBUS, THE PATIENT WAS NOT ON ANY ANTICOAGULANT OR ANTIPLATELET THERAPY. THE PATIENT WAS PUT ON HEPARIN AND THEN SWITCHED TO COUMADIN. THE PHYSICIAN REPORTED THE VALVE REMAINED IMPLANTED. THE PATIENTS MEAN GRADIENT HAS DECREASED INTO THE 20S. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Dyspnea; Heart Failure/Congestive Heart Failure; Thrombosis/Thrombus
MAUDE report 12013737 ↗
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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 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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