FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TALENT THORACIC STENT GRAFT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1833605 · Received September 8, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953200-2010-01711
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 8, 2010
Date of Event
August 9, 2010
Report Date
August 10, 2010
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P070007
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WI, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4): EVALUATION RESULTS: (UNKNOWN INDICATION FOR INITIAL IMPLANTATION; UNKNOWN CAUSE OF GRAFT EROSION THROUGH THE AORTA).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A TALENT THORACIC STENT GRAFT SYSTEM (MFR REPORT # 2953200-2010-01712) WAS IMPLANTED IN A PATIENT FOR THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF AN UNKNOWN INDICATION APPROXIMATELY 16 MONTHS AGO. THE THORACIC AORTA AND ILIAC VESSEL MORPHOLOGY AT THE TIME OF IMPLANT WERE NOT REPORTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY 1 MONTH AGO, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH CHEST PAIN AND WAS COUGHING UP BLOOD. A SECONDARY INTERVENTION WAS PERFORMED AT ANOTHER HOSPITAL, IN WHICH THE GRAFTS MAY HAVE BEEN RELINED WITH ANOTHER MANUFACTURER'S GRAFT. THE STENT GRAFTS MAY HAVE ERODED THROUGH THE AORTA. NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED, AND THE PATIENT'S STATUS IS UNKNOWN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TALENT THORACIC STENT GRAFT SYSTEM MIH MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR NA V00288175

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 44 YR Required Intervention