FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ENDURANT ABDOMINAL STENT GRAFT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2230693 · Received August 17, 2011

Report

Report Number
2953200-2011-01449
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 17, 2011
Date of Event
July 22, 2011
Report Date
July 22, 2011
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR GALWAY
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P100021
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). EVAL, RESULTS, CONCLUSION: (SEVERELY ANGULATED AORTIC NECK), (IMPLANTATION OF THE DEVICE IN A SEVERELY ANGULATED AORTIC NECK).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AN ENDURANT STENT GRAFT SYS WAS IMPLANTED IN A PT FOR THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF AN 8 CM ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM. THE AORTIC NECK WAS 25 MM LONG, 23 MM IN DIAMETER, HAD SEVERE ANGULATION OF 90 DEGREES, AND HAD MILD THROMBUS AND MILD CALCIFICATION. ILIAC ARTERIES WERE LARGE IN DIAMETER AND NON-TORTUOUS WITH MILD TO MODERATE CALCIFICATION. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE ENDURANT BIFURCATED STENT GRAFT WAS INADVERTENTLY IMPLANTED LOWER THEN INTENDED DUE TO THE SEVERE ANGULATION OF THE AORTIC NECK (MFR REPORT # 2953200-2011-01448). THE PHYSICIAN ELECTED TO INTERVENE BY IMPLANTING A 32X32X49 ENDURANT AORTIC CUFF AT THE RENAL ARTERIES (MFR REPORT # 2953200-2011-01449). ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO ENDOLEAK, THE PHYSICIAN ELECTED TO IMPLANT A 28X28X40 ANEURX AORTIC CUFF PREVENTIVELY BETWEEN THE ENDURANT CUFF AND THE BIFURCATED STENT GRAFT, AS THERE WAS ONLY 1 CM OF OVERLAP BETWEEN THE TWO COMPONENTS. NO CLINICAL SEQUELAE WERE REPORTED, AND THE PT IS FINE. AN INTERNAL REVIEW OF PRE-IMPLANT CTA'S CONFIRMED A HIGHLY ANGULATED AORTIC NECK.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ENDURANT ABDOMINAL STENT GRAFT SYSTEM MIH MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR GALWAY NA V00900926

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 77 YR Required Intervention