FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PALMAZ SCHATZ BALLOON EXPANDABLE STENT WITH DELIVERY SYSTEM

MDR report key: 163219 · Received April 15, 1998

Report

Report Number
2247023-1998-00048
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 15, 1998
Date of Event
May 24, 1996
Report Date
April 2, 1998
Manufacturer
CORDIS, A JOHNSON AND JOHNSON CO
Product Code
MAF
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE FOLLOWING INFO WAS REPORTED BY THE PT THROUGH RECEIPT OF HIS MEDICAL RECORDS: ON 5/21/1996 THIS PT WAS ADMITTED TO THE CATH LAB FOR PTCA AND STENTING. THREE STENTS WERE SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYED IN THE PT'S RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY: THE FIRST ONE AT A SITE JUST DISTAL TO THE MID RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY, A SECOND STENT AT THE MID RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY AND THE LAST STENT WAS PLACED JUST DISTAL TO THE FIRST STENT. THE LAST STENT WAS PLACED ONLY IN RESPONSE TO A LINEAR DISSECTION WHICH OCCURRED IN CONJUNCTION WITH AGGRESSIVE POST-DILITATION OF THE TWO PREVIOUSLY IMPLANTED STENTS. THE PT SUBSEQUENTLY EXPERIENCED A PERIPROCEDURAL MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (MI) AND WAS RETURNED TO THE CATH LAB ON 5/22/1996. ANGIOGRAPHY REVEALED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION WAS AN OCCLUSION OF A MARGINAL BRANCH. ADDITIONALLY, ANGIOGRAPHY REVEALED A "HAZINESS" WITHOUT FLOW LIMITATION IN THE MOST PROXIMAL STENT. THE PHYSICIAN INTERPRETED THE HAZINESS TO BE A POSSIBLE SUBACUTE STENT THROMBOSIS AND, IN RESPONSE, HE RE-PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY'D THE PROXIMAL STENT. THE PT WAS TRANSFERRED FROM THE CATH LAB WITH ALL STENTS PATENT AND IN STABLE CONDITION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PALMAZ SCHATZ BALLOON EXPANDABLE STENT WITH DELIVERY SYSTEM Implant CORONARY STENT WITH DELIVERY SYSTEM MAF CORDIS, A JOHNSON AND JOHNSON CO NA JD0817

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 42 YR Required Intervention CATH, 8 F FEMORAL SHEATH.| .014 X 300 GUIDE WIRE, 5F 4CM LEFT JUDKINS GUIDE