FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

GORE EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS

MDR report key: 1720177 · Received June 3, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953161-2010-00102
Event Type
Death
Date Received
June 3, 2010
Date of Event
March 31, 2010
Report Date
June 2, 2010
Manufacturer
W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P020004
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A REVIEW OF THE MANUFACTURING PAPERWORK HAS BEEN CONDUCTED. THE REVIEW OF THE MANUFACTURING PAPERWORK VERIFIED THAT THIS LOT MET ALL PRE-RELEASE SPECIFICATIONS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B) (6), 2010, THE PT PRESENTED WITH AN INFECTED RUPTURED AORTIC ANEURYSM. DUE TO THE SMALL DIAMETER OF THE PT'S AORTA ONLY AN AORTIC EXTENDER COMPONENT AND AN ILIAC EXTENDER COMPONENT WERE USED TO SEAL THE RUPTURE. THE PT TOLERATED THE PROCEDURE. AT THE END OF (B) (6) (DATE UNK) THE PT EXPERIENCED HEMATEMESIS ALONG WITH A DUODENAL ULCER. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE PT DIED DUE TO CONTINUED HEMATEMESIS. THE CAUSE OF THE HEMATEMESIS WAS DIAGNOSED AS AN AORTIC FISTULA.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 GORE EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS MIH SYSTEM, ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT, AORTIC ANEURYSM TREATMENT MIH W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES WLG325 7277209

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 74 YR Death