FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ANEURX STENT GRAFT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1822740 · Received August 26, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953200-2010-01634
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 26, 2010
Date of Event
July 27, 2010
Report Date
July 27, 2010
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P990020
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: (ENDOLEAK), (VESSEL MORPHOLOGY WAS NOT REPORTED). CONCLUSIONS: (VESSEL MORPHOLOGY WAS NOT REPORTED).

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 ON AN UNKNOWN DATE. ANEURYSM AND VESSEL MORPHOLOGY AT THE TIME OF IMPLANT WAS NOT REPORTED. ANEURYSM AND VESSEL MORPHOLOGY AT THE TIME OF IMPLANT WERE NOT REPORTED. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE POST STENT GRAFT IMPLANT THE ANEURYSM WAS 5.5 CM IN DIAMETER. THE PATIENT RETURNED FOR A ROUTINE FOLLOW-UP ONE MONTH AGO, AND THE ANEURYSM MEASURED 8 CM IN DIAMETER WITH A PROXIMAL TYPE I LEAK PRESENT. THE PHYSICIAN ELECTED TO CONVERT THE DEVICE TO AN AUI. A TALENT CONVERTER WAS PLACED UP THE RIGHT SIDE ALONG WITH A PALMAZ STENT, AND THE LEFT SIDE WAS OCCLUDED WITH A TALENT OCCLUDER. THE PROXIMAL TYPE I ENDOLEAK WAS RESOLVED. A FEMORAL TO FEMORAL BYPASS WAS PERFORMED SUCCESSFULLY. THERE WAS A TYPE IV ENDOLEAK THAT WAS PRESENT THROUGH THE CONVERTER AND STILL FILLED THE ANEURYSM SAC. NO ADDITIONAL INTERVENTION WAS PERFORMED. THE PATIENT WILL BE MONITORED IN A FEW MONTHS. NO ADDITIONAL CLINICAL SEQUELAE WERE REPORTED AND THE PATIENT IS FINE.

Devices

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

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 86 YR Required Intervention