FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TALENT THORACIC STENT GRAFT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1833607 · Received September 8, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953200-2010-01709
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 8, 2010
Date of Event
August 9, 2010
Report Date
August 9, 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). EVAL, RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS: ARTERIAL TRAUMA/DISSECTION/PERFORATION. VERY DISEASED SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY. WIRES MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A TALENT THORACIC STENT GRAFT SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED IN A PT FOR THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF A PENETRATING ULCER IN THE THORACIC AORTIC. THE SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY WAS VERY DISEASED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WERE NO COMPLICATIONS AT THE TIME OF IMPLANT. AFTER THE IMPLANTATION, THE PT DEVELOPED A BLOOD INFUSION IN THE CHEST. A F/U CT WAS PERFORMED AND DEMONSTRATED THAT THE BLOOD WAS COMING FROM AROUND THE SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY. AS THE LOCATION OF THE STENT GRAFT IS 4 TO 5 FROM THE SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE WIRES USED DURING THE IMPLANT PROCEDURE MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT. THE PHYSICIAN DECIDED TO INTERVENE BY STENTING THE SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY WITH ANOTHER MANUFACTURER'S STENT SUCCESSFULLY. NO ADD'L CLINICAL SEQUELAE WERE REPORTED, AND THE PT IS FINE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TALENT THORACIC STENT GRAFT SYSTEM MIH MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR NA V00200894

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 71 YR Required Intervention