FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

TALENT THORACIC STENT GRAFT SYSTEM - COILTRAC

MDR report key: 1667418 · Received April 23, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953200-2010-00715
Event Type
Death
Date Received
April 23, 2010
Date of Event
March 25, 2010
Report Date
November 6, 2015
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P070007
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B) (4): RESULTS: DEATH, CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT. MODERATE THROMBUS/ATHEROMA/PLAQUE SURROUNDING THE ANEURYSM.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A TALENT STENT GRAFT DEVICE WAS IMPLANTED INTO A PATIENT FOR THE TREATMENT OF A 46 MM IN DIAMETER X 70 MM LONG SACCULAR THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM AT ZONE 2. THE PROXIMAL AORTIC NECK WAS 36 MM IN DIAMETER, AND THE DISTAL AORTIC NECK WAS 29 MM IN DIAMETER. THERE WAS A MODERATE AMOUNT OF THROMBUS/ATHEROMA/PLAQUE SURROUNDING THE ANEURYSM. IT WAS REPORTED THAT TWO TALENT THORACIC STENT GRAFTS (MFR REPORT # 2953200-2010-00716) WERE IMPLANTED TO EXCLUDE THE ANEURYSM WITHOUT ANY ISSUES. AFTER RECOVERY FROM ANESTHESIA, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD A CEREBRAL INFARCTION. MORE SPECIFICALLY, PER A FOLLOW-UP MRI ACQUIRED ONE DAY POST-IMPLANTATION, A CEREBELLAR INFARCTION WAS DIAGNOSED. THE PHYSICIAN COMMENTED THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT SOME THROMBUS, ATHEROMA, AND/OR PLAQUE MIGHT HAVE MOVED TO THE LEFT VERTEBRAL ARTERY THROUGH THE LEFT SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY, RESULTING IN THE CEREBELLAR INFARCTION. IT WAS THEN REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPIRED ON AN UNKNOWN DATE FROM EXPANSION OF THE CEREBRAL INFARCTION. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FOR THIS CASE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE INVESTIGATOR ASSESSED THE CEREBRAL INFARCTION AS RELATED TO THE PROCEDURE AND REQUIRED IMPLANT OF AN ADDITIONAL STENT GRAFT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TALENT THORACIC STENT GRAFT SYSTEM - COILTRAC MIH MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR NA V00322254

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 68 YR Death| R