FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

GORE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS

MDR report key: 2471123 · Received February 22, 2012

Report

Report Number
2017233-2012-00115
Event Type
Death
Date Received
February 22, 2012
Date of Event
October 28, 2011
Report Date
February 16, 2012
Manufacturer
W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES,INC
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P040043
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UK
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ADD'L INFO INCLUDING LOT NUMBERS WAS REQUESTED, BUT NOT PROVIDED. ACCORDING TO THE CONFORMABLE GORE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE THE CONFORMABLE GORE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS HAS NOT BEEN STUDIED IN PT POPULATIONS WITH A GENETIC CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE (E.G. MARFANS AND EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6), 2011, THE PT WAS IMPLANTED WITH THE CONFORMABLE GORE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS TO TREAT A THORACIC AORTIC ULCER AND A MYCOTIC ANEURYSM. THE PT HAS HISTORY OF MARFAN'S DISEASE. POST OPERATIVE THE PT DEVELOPED AN AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA AND EXPIRED ON (B)(6), 2012.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 GORE TAG THORACIC ENDOPROSTHESIS MIH/SYSTEM, ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT, AORTIC ANEURYSM TREATMENT MIH W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES,INC WLG426

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 67 YR Death (B)(4)