FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

TALENT THORACIC STENT GRAFT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1696656 · Received May 21, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953200-2010-00920
Event Type
Death
Date Received
May 21, 2010
Date of Event
April 22, 2010
Report Date
April 22, 2010
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P070007
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B) (4): EVALUATION RESULTS: DEATH, ENDOLEAK; PRE-OPERATIVE RUPTURING THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM. CONCLUSION: PRE-OPERATIVE THORACIC AORTIC DISSECTION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A TALENT STENT GRAFT DEVICE WAS IMPLANTED INTO A PT FOR THE EMERGENT TREATMENT OF A RUPTURING THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM. IT WAS REPORTED THAT PRIOR TO DEPLOYMENT COMPLETION, THE PHYSICIAN WAS PREPARING TO TAKE IMAGES, THE STENT GRAFT MOVED AND ENDED UP IN THE ANEURYSM SAC (MFR# 2953200-2010-00919). ANOTHER TALENT PROXIMAL MAIN STENT GRAFT WAS IMPLANTED AND LANDED PERFECTLY AT THE CAROTID ARTERY, AND THEN TWO MORE TALENT DEVICES WERE IMPLANTED. THERE APPEARED TO BE A GOOD SEAL AT THE END OF THE CASE. THE PT PRESENTED FOR 30 DAY FOLLOW-UP AND A ROUTINE CT DEMONSTRATED THERE MIGHT BE A TYPE III ENDOLEAK. THE PHYSICIAN PLANNED ON TREATING THE PT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PT WAS HOME AND BECAME HYPOTENSIVE. THE PT WAS TAKEN EMERGENTLY TO THE HOSPITAL, DUE TO LOSS OF BLOOD PRESSURE. DURING THE TRANSPORTATION, THE PT CODED AND EXPIRED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT AN AUTOPSY WAS PERFORMED AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THERE WAS A TYPE III ENDOLEAK. (MFR # 2953200-2010-00921 AND MFR # 2953200-2010-00922).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TALENT THORACIC STENT GRAFT SYSTEM MIH MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR NA V00188327

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 80 YR Death