FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ENDURANT STENT GRAFT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2100749 · Received May 18, 2011

Report

Report Number
2953200-2011-01019
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 18, 2011
Date of Event
January 1, 2011
Report Date
April 18, 2011
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC IRELAND
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P100021
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). RESULTS: CVA, HYPERTENSION. LACK OF INFORMATION. CONCLUSION: LACK OF INFORMATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AN ENDURANT STENT GRAFT SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED IN A PATIENT FOR THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS AGO. VESSEL AND ANEURYSM MORPHOLOGY WAS UNKNOWN. PRIOR TO SURGERY, THE PATIENT REPORTED HEALTHY BLOOD PRESSURE MOST OFTEN ON THE LOWER END OF NORMAL. AFTER THE STENT GRAFT PLACEMENT, THE PATIENT'S BLOOD PRESSURE WAS AROUND 220/118. THE PATIENT WAS HOSPITALIZED ABOUT 4 WEEKS POST-OP FOR STROKE LIKE SYMPTOMS (SLURRED SPEECH, CONFUSION, SEVERE HEADACHE, ETC.). THE PATIENT WAS PLACED ON BLOOD PRESSURE MEDS AND NOW AVERAGES A BLOOD PRESSURE OF 165/90. THE PATIENT STILL CONTINUES TO HAVE HEADACHES ON OCCASION AND WAS MOST RECENTLY HOSPITALIZED FOR CHEST PAIN AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH. PER THE PATIENT HEART TESTS CHECKED OUT OKAY, BUT FURTHER IMAGING HAS NOT BEEN PERFORMED TO CHECK THE PLACEMENT OF THE STENT GRAFT. THE PATIENT WAS NOW FOUND TO HAVE BLOCKED CAROTIDS BUT SURGERY HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO THE ISSUES WITH BLOOD PRESSURE. THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. NO ADDITIONAL CLINICAL SEQUELAE WERE REPORTED.

Devices

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

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Required Intervention