FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

PERCLOSE PROGLIDE 6F SUTURE MEDIATED CLOSURE (SMC) SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1200004 · Received October 16, 2008

Report

Report Number
2953144-2008-01693
Event Type
Death
Date Received
October 16, 2008
Date of Event
September 19, 2008
Report Date
September 22, 2008
Manufacturer
ABBOTT VASCULAR - REDWOOD CITY
Product Code
MGB
PMA / PMN Number
P960043
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE CUSTOMER REPORTED THE DEVICE WAS DISCARDED. THE LOT NUMBER WAS NOT IDENTIFIED; THEREFORE, A DEVICE HISTORY RECORD REVIEW COULD NOT BE PERFORMED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DEVICE MALFUNCTION: NONE. SYMPTOMS/AE: HEMATOMA, RETROPERITONEAL BLEED, DEATH. TIME OF SYMPTOMS/AE: AFTER VESSEL CLOSURE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT A TECH TRAINED IN THE USE OF THE PERCLOSE PROGLIDE DEVICE ACHIEVED ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE OF A CALCIFIED FEMORAL ARTERY AFTER AN EMERGENT CORONARY INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURE. REPORTEDLY, A SMALL HEMATOMA, OF AN UNSPECIFIED SIZE, DEVELOPED AFTER THE PROCEDURE. NO TREATMENT WAS PROVIDED. THE PROGLIDE FUNCTIONED NORMALLY AND ACHIEVED HEMOSTASIS. LATER THAT EVENING THE PT BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE SYMPTOMS OF HYPOTENSION AND ABDOMEN PAIN. A RETROPERITONEAL BLEED WAS SUSPECTED. AN EXPLORATORY ANGIOGRAM WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOCATING THE SITE OF THE BLEED. THERE WAS NO CONTRAST EXTRAVASATION VISUALIZED AT THE PUNCTURE SITE. THE BLEED WAS NOT SURGICALLY TREATED. THE PT WAS TREATED WITH 20UNITS OF BLOOD AND 8UNITS OF PLASMA. THE PT EXPIRED 24 HOURS AFTER THE PROCEDURE. REPORTEDLY, THE RETROPERITONEAL BLEED WAS NOT CAUSED BY THE PROGLIDE OR FROM THE INTERVENTIONAL CORONARY PROCEDURE. THE BLEED WAS THE RESULT OF LARGE QUANTITY OF ANTICOAGULANTS. THOUGH REQUESTED, NO ADDITIONAL INFO WAS PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PERCLOSE PROGLIDE 6F SUTURE MEDIATED CLOSURE (SMC) SYSTEM MGB ABBOTT VASCULAR - REDWOOD CITY NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Death INTEGRILIN| 7FR SHEATH