FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

TALENT STENT GRAFT

MDR report key: 2437227 · Received February 2, 2012

Report

Report Number
2953200-2012-00227
Event Type
Death
Date Received
February 2, 2012
Report Date
January 8, 2012
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR SANTA ROSA
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P070027
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FR
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DATE OF DEATH IS UNKNOWN. THE EVENT INFORMATION DOES NOT MATCH INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TO MEDTRONIC. EVALUATION, RESULTS: INHERENT RISK OF PROCEDURE (ENDOLEAK, RUPTURE, DEATH, MIGRATION). (UNKNOWN CAUSE OF EVENT). EVALUATION, CONCLUSION: (UNKNOWN CAUSE OF EVENT).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

MEDTRONIC RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE JOURNAL ARTICLE, WHICH IS SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS: LONG-TERM INFLUENCE OF SUPRARENAL OR INFRARENAL FIXATION ON PROXIMAL NECK DILATATION AND STENTGRAFT MIGRATION AFTER EVAR, DAVID PINTOUX, ANN VASC SURG 2011; 25: 1012-1019 A TALENT STENT GRAFT WAS IMPLANTED IN A PATIENT FOR THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM. ANEURYSM AND VESSEL MORPHOLOGY NOT REPORTED. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, AN UNKNOWN TALENT AAA STENT GRAFT WAS IMPLANTED. DURING A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 58 PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT EVAR BETWEEN APRIL 1999 AND OCTOBER 2007 (33 OF WHICH WERE TALENT), 27 PATIENTS DIES BEFORE THE THEORETICAL 3-YEAR FOLLOW-UP. OF THESE 27, 4 PATIENTS DIED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF IMPLANTATION. TWO LATE DEATHS WERE REPORTED RELATED TO THE ANEURYSM; A SEPTIC RUPTURE AND AN ANEURYSM RUPTURE LINKED TO AN UNKNOWN ENDOLEAK. ONE TALENT WAS EXPLANTED AT 15 MONTHS DUE TO PROXIMAL MIGRATION ASSOCIATED WITH A 6 MM NECK DILATATION. THERE WERE 2 TYPE I ENDOLEAK REPORTED (1 PROXIMAL, 1 DISTAL), 12 TYPE II ENDOLEAKS REPORTED AND 2 MIGRATIONS. PATIENT STATUS IS UNKNOWN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TALENT STENT GRAFT SYSTEM, ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT, AORTIC ANEURYSM TREATMENT MIH MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR SANTA ROSA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Death