FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

XACT CAROTID STENT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1051059 · Received May 22, 2008

Report

Report Number
9616695-2008-00081
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 22, 2008
Date of Event
April 28, 2008
Report Date
April 29, 2008
Manufacturer
ABBOTT VASCULAR GALWAY
Product Code
NIM
PMA / PMN Number
P040038
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE STENT REMAINS IN THE PT. THE LOT NUMBER WAS PROVIDED. EMBOLISM AND STROKE ARE KNOWN POSSIBLE ADVERSE EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF CAROTID STENTS AS STATED IN XACT INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE. THERE WAS NO DEVICE MALFUNCTION REPORTED. A REVIEW OF THE FINISHED DEVICE LOT HISTORY RECORD DID NOT REVEAL ANY NON-CONFORMITIES WHICH COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS COMPLAINT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DEVICE MALFUNCTION: NONE. SYMPTOMS/AE: STROKE. TIME OF AE: AFTER THE PROCEDURE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT POST AN UNEVENTFUL LEFT INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY STENTING PROCEDURE, THE PT HAD A LEFT CEREBRAL STROKE. THE PT DEVELOPED RIGHT SIDED WEAKNESS ON THE EVENING OF THE PROCEDURE. A HEAD CT WAS DONE AND SHOWED ONLY CHRONIC SMALL VESSEL CHANGES, HOWEVER, A NEUROLOGY CONSULT ONE DAY POST PROCEDURE FOUND A SMALL ISCHEMIC STROKE WITH MOTOR INVOLVEMENT ONLY, THOUGHT TO BE SECONDARY FROM MICRO PARTICULATE DISTAL EMBOLI. THE PT WAS TREATED WITH ANTIPLATELET AGENTS. WHEN THE PT WAS DEEMED STABLE, PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY WERE STARTED. THREE DAYS POST PROCEDURE, THE PT WAS DISCHARGED TO A REHABILITATION FACILITY. ALTHOUGH REQUESTED, THERE IS NO ADD'L INFO AVAILABLE. STUDY EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 XACT CAROTID STENT SYSTEM NIM ABBOTT VASCULAR GALWAY NA 444559

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 85 YR Hospitalization| S EMBOSHIELD EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICE| ANGIO SEAL