FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ANEURX ABDOMINAL STENT GRAFT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1772364 · Received July 23, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953200-2010-01378
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 23, 2010
Date of Event
June 24, 2010
Report Date
June 24, 2010
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P990020
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4): EVALUATION RESULTS: (ENDOLEAK, RUPTURED VESSEL/ANEURYSM), (SEVERELY-DISEASED AND MODERATELY TORTUOUS VESSELS), OTHER (LOT NUMBER UNKNOWN).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AN ANEURX STENT GRAFT SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED IN A PATIENT FOR THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO. ANEURYSM AND VESSEL MORPHOLOGY FROM THE TIME OF IMPLANT WERE NOT REPORTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT PRESENTED EMERGENTLY, AND THE CT DEMONSTRATED THAT THERE WAS A DISTAL TYPE I ENDOLEAK AND A CONTAINED RUPTURE. AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT, THE VESSEL MORPHOLOGY WAS REPORTED AS SEVERELY-DISEASED, MODERATE TORTUOSITY, AND MILD CALCIFICATION. THE PHYSICIAN ELECTED TO INTERVENE BY PLACING A TALENT ILIAC LIMB, WHICH SUCCESSFULLY RESOLVED THE DISTAL ENDOLEAK. IN ADDITION, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO PROXIMAL TYPE I ENDOLEAK, THE PHYSICIAN ELECTED TO PLACE TWO ANEURX AORTIC CUFFS PROXIMALLY AS A PREVENTIVE MEASURE. NO ADDITIONAL CLINICAL SEQUELAE WERE REPORTED, AND THE PATIENT IS FINE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ANEURX ABDOMINAL STENT GRAFT SYSTEM MIH MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 63 YR Required Intervention