FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CYPHER SIROLIMUS-ELUTING CORONARY STENT

MDR report key: 1032332 · Received April 21, 2008

Report

Report Number
9616099-2008-01039
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 21, 2008
Date of Event
January 5, 2008
Report Date
March 26, 2008
Manufacturer
CORDIS DE MEXICO
Product Code
NIQ
PMA / PMN Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS CYPHER SIROLIMUS-ELUTING CORONARY STENT IS DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. HOWEVER, IT IS SIMILAR TO THE UNITED STATES CYPHER SIROLIMUS-ELUTING CORONARY STENT. ADDITIONAL INFO WILL BE SUBMITTED WITHIN THIRTY DAYS UPON RECEIPT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE REPORT RECEIVED INDICATED THE PT HAD AN EPISODE OF RESTENOSIS SIX MONTHS AFTER RECEIVING A CYPHER STENT IN THE MID CIRCUMFLEX CORONARY ARTERY. THE TARGET VESSEL HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN VASCULARIZED THREE YEARS PRIOR TO THE INDEX PROCEDURE. THE MAIN INDICATION FOR THE INDEX PROCEDURE WAS STABLE ANGINA AND POSITIVE STRESS TEST. A 2.5 X 18MM CYPHER STENT WAS IMPLANTED AT 16 ATMS IN THE MID CIRCUMFLEX DESCRIBED AS 2.5 X 15MM LONG, DE NOVO, MODERATE TORTUOSITY, ANGULATION EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 45 DEGREES BUT LESS 90 DEGREES, ECCENTRIC WITH A TYPE C CLASSIFICATION AND 80% STENOSIS. THERE WAS NO RESIDUAL STENOSIS AND THE TIMI FLOW WAS THREE BEFORE AND AFTER THE PROCEDURE. NO PROCEDURAL COMPLICATION WAS REPORTED; THE PT WAS DISCHARGED THE FOLLOWING DAY ON ASPIRIN, CLOPIDOGREL, STATINS AND ACE INHIBITORS. THE PT REMAINED ASYMPTOMATIC AT THE ONE-MONTH AND SIX-MONTH FOLLOW-UP. BUT A ROUTINE SIX-MONTH FOLLOW UP CORONARY ANGIOGRAM REVELED A STENOSIS OF THE FIRST OBTUSE MARGINAL BRANCH, WHICH WAS ATTRIBUTED TO THE STENT IN THE MID CIRCUMFLEX. THE STENOSIS WAS TREATED BY BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY WITH GOOD RESULTS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 CYPHER SIROLIMUS-ELUTING CORONARY STENT DRUG-ELUTING STENT (NIQ) NIQ CORDIS DE MEXICO NA 13205130

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 71 YR Required Intervention ACE INHIBITORS| CLOPIDOGREL| ASPIRIN| STATINS