FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

TALENT THORACIC STENT GRAFT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1101666 · Received August 7, 2008

Report

Report Number
2953200-2008-00660
Event Type
Death
Date Received
August 7, 2008
Report Date
July 16, 2008
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P070007
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A TALENT THORACIC STENT GRAFT SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED IN A PT FOR THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF POLYTRAUMATIC INJURIES, INCLUDING A CONTAINED AORTIC RUPTURE INDUCED BY THORACIC BLUNT TRAUMA. THIS EVENT WAS REPORTED IN THE JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY 2008; 47: 1195-1202, JUNE 2008. THE STENT GRAFTS WERE IMPLANTED BETWEEN 2001 AND 2007. IT WAS REPORTED THE PT PRESENTED WITH POLYTRAUMATIC INJURIES, INCLUDING A CONTAINED AORTIC RUPTURE INDUCED BY THORACIC BLUNT TRAUMA. AFTER INITIAL SUCCESSFUL ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR, THE PT UNDERWENT EMERGENCY CONVERSION BECAUSE OF DELAYED RUPTURE 31 DAYS LATER. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT A CT SCAN CONFIRMED DEVICE MIGRATION. THE PT WAS TREATED BY AN EMERGENCY PROCEDURE INVOLVING HEMI ARCH AND DESCENDING AORTIC REPLACEMENT. NO ADDITIONAL CLINICAL SEQUELAE WERE REPORTED AND THE PT HAD EXPIRED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TALENT THORACIC STENT GRAFT SYSTEM MIH MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 40 YR Death| R