FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

ENDURANT ABDOMINAL STENT GRAFT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2133346 · Received June 14, 2011

Report

Report Number
2953200-2011-01145
Event Type
Death
Date Received
June 14, 2011
Date of Event
May 15, 2011
Report Date
May 15, 2011
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC IRELAND
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P100021
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UT, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). EVAL, RESULTS: (DISSECTION, DEATH), (PRE-EXISTING RUPTURED ANEURYSM), (STENT GRAFT USED FOR TREATMENT OF PRE-EXISTING RUPTURED ANEURYSM). CONCLUSION: (PRE-EXISTING RUPTURED ANEURYSM), (STENT GRAFT USED FOR TREATMENT OF A PRE-EXISTING RUPTURED ANEURYSM).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AN ENDURANT STENT GRAFT SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED IN A PT FOR THE EMERGENT ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF A RUPTURED 10 CM ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM APPROX ONE MONTH AGO. VESSEL MORPHOLOGY WAS REPORTED AS AORTIC NECK WAS 21MM TO 27 MM IN DIAMETER AND 10 MM LONG. IT WAS REPORTED THAT ANOTHER MFR'S BALLOON WAS PLACED SUPRARENAL TO OCCLUDE AORTIC BLOOD FLOW, AND THE RENAL ARTERIES WERE CLAMPED OFF. THE PT WAS RECEIVING RESUSCITATION EFFORTS WITH CPR PRIOR TO STENT GRAFT IMPLANT, FOR AN UNK PERIOD OF TIME. THE PHYSICIAN DECIDED TO TRY EVAR. A RELIANT BALLOON WAS ALSO PLACED TO TRY TO OCCLUDE BLOOD FLOW. AN ENDURANT BIFURCATED STENT GRAFT (REF MFR# 2953200-2011-01142) AND ENDURANT IPSILATERAL EXTENSION (REF MFR# 2953200-2011-01143) WERE PLACED ON THE LEFT SIDE, AND AN ANEURX CONTRALATERAL LIMB (REF MFR# 2953200-2011-01145) AND CONTRALATERAL EXTENSION (REF MFR# 2953200-2011-01146) WERE PLACED VIA THE RIGHT SIDE. THE STENT GRAFTS WERE PLACED W/O ISSUES; HOWEVER, THERE WAS TOO MUCH BLOOD LOSS, AND THE PT'S BLOOD WAS PRESSING ON THE LUNGS, DIAPHRAGM, AND VENA CAVA. THERE WAS NO VENOUS RETURN, AND THE PT WAS BECOMING ACIDOTIC AND COULD NOT BREATHE EVEN WITH THE VENTILATOR. RESCUE EFFORTS INCLUDED OPENING THE PT'S ABDOMEN AND USING A RAPID BLOOD INFUSER; HOWEVER, THE PT'S CONDITION WAS WORSENING, AND THE PT EXPIRED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ENDURANT ABDOMINAL STENT GRAFT SYSTEM MIH MEDTRONIC IRELAND NA V00797250

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 59 YR Death