FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

EVERCROSS .035" OTW PTA DILATATION CATHETER (7MM)

MDR report key: 1960974 · Received January 11, 2011

Report

Report Number
MW5018962
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 11, 2011
Date of Event
December 21, 2010
Report Date
January 6, 2011
Manufacturer
EV3 INC.
Product Code
DQY
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
SC, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT UNDERGOING BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY IN RIGHT UPPER EXTREMITY FISTULA. A 7 MM. BALLOON WAS ADVANCED ACROSS THE VENOUS ANASTOMOSIS AND DILATATION WAS DONE. AT APPROX MAXIMUM BALLOON PRESSURE TOLERANCE, THE BALLOON RUPTURED. WHEN THE BALLOON WAS DEFLATED, APPROX 50% OF THE BALLOON WAS NOT ON THE CATHETER. FLUOROSCOPICALLY THE PIECE OF THE BALLOON FRAGMENT COULD BE SEEN AT THE JUNCTION OF THE STENOSIS AND IN THE AXILLARY VEIN. IT APPEARED THAT THE GUIDE WIRE WAS WITHIN THE BALLOON FRAGMENT. A 9 FRENCH SHEATH WAS PLACED INTO THE ANTEGRADE SIDE OF THE FISTULA AND AN ADDITIONAL GUIDE WIRE PLACED. OVER THE GUIDE WIRE, A GOOSENECK SNARE WAS MANIPULATED INTO THE SUBCLAVIAN VEIN WHERE THE PREVIOUSLY PLACED GUIDE WIRE...

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 EVERCROSS .035" OTW PTA DILATATION CATHETER (7MM) PTA DILATATION CATHETER DQY EV3 INC. AB35W07040080 8474296

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 72 YR Required Intervention