FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

GORE EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS

MDR report key: 1020377 · Received March 28, 2008

Report

Report Number
2953161-2008-00066
Event Type
Death
Date Received
March 28, 2008
Date of Event
January 3, 2008
Report Date
March 28, 2008
Manufacturer
W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Product Code
MIH
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NL
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE OCCLUSION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IN (B)(6) 2008, A GORE EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS WAS IMPLANTED. ONE TO TWO DAYS POSTOPERATIVELY, A DEVICE LIMB OCCLUDED. A FEMOROFEMORAL BYPASS GRAFT WAS IMPLANTED. HOWEVER, DURING THE PROCEDURE THE PT HAD A HEART ATTACK. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE FEMOROFEMORAL BYPASS GRAFT OCCLUDED AND TWO DAYS LATER THE PT DIED. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS A HEART ATTACK. ACCORDING TO THE PHYSICIAN, THE PT'S DEATH WAS RELATED TO A PRE-EXISTING MEDICAL CONDITION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 GORE EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT SYSTEM MIH W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Death