FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ZENITH AAA ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT AAA ANCILLARY COMPONENT CONVERTER

MDR report key: 1675784 · Received May 4, 2010

Report

Report Number
1820334-2010-00193
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 4, 2010
Date of Event
April 5, 2010
Report Date
April 7, 2010
Manufacturer
COOK, INC.
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P020018
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). ENDOLEAK IS LISTED IN THE IFU. EVENT EVALUATION: STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2010, A PATIENT WHOSE RIGHT COMMON ILIAC ARTERY WAS OCCLUDED, UNDERWENT INITIAL AAA REPAIR, AS LABELED, UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA. THE PATIENT'S ANATOMICAL FORM WAS NOT SUITABLE FOR ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR BECAUSE OF THE SEVERE PROXIMAL NECK ANGULATION TO BOTH THE AXIS OF THE ANEURYSM AND THE SUPRARENAL AORTA. THE ACCESS ROUTE WAS 5MM. THE PROCEDURE CONSISTED OF PLACEMENT OF A ZENITH MAIN BODY GRAFT, A ZENITH CONVERTER AND A ZENITH ILIAC LEG GRAFT. THE FINAL ANGIOGRAPHY CONFIRMED OCCLUSION OF THE RIGHT RENAL ARTERY (1820334-2010-00194), TYPE III ENDOLEAK FROM THE JUNCTION OF THE CONVERTER AND DISTAL TYPE I ENDOLEAK (1820334-2010-00195). BOTH LEAKS WERE IMPROVED BY BALLOONING, BUT THEY WERE NOT GONE COMPLETELY; ALTHOUGH THE PHYSICIAN EXPECTED THEY WILL BE GONE. THE RIGHT RENAL ARTERY WAS NOT COMPLETELY OCCLUDED BUT THE BLOOD FLOW WAS POOR, THUS THE PHYSICIAN ATTEMPTED CANNULATION USING A GUIDING CATHETER AND A GUIDEWIRE, BUT FAILED, DUE TO A STRONG ANGULATION. THE PHYSICIAN DECIDED TO TAKE A WAIT-AND-SEE APPROACH. THE PATIENT'S URINE VOLUME WAS NOT PROBLEMATIC DURING THE PROCEDURE AND THE CREATININE LEVEL WAS 1.8MG/DL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ZENITH AAA ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT AAA ANCILLARY COMPONENT CONVERTER MIH SYSTEM, ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT, AORTIC ANEURYSM TREATMENT MIH COOK, INC. NA F2144181

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 82 YR