FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

ZENITH FLEX AAA ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT BIFURCATED MAIN BODY

MDR report key: 2854956 · Received November 20, 2012

Report

Report Number
1820334-2012-00549
Event Type
Death
Date Received
November 20, 2012
Date of Event
October 16, 2012
Report Date
October 23, 2012
Manufacturer
COOK, INC.
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P020018
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PT WEIGHT UNK AS NOT PROVIDED BY REPORTER. (B)(4). EVENT EVALUATION: STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION, NO RESPONSE HAS BEEN RECEIVED TO INDICATE IF THE ZENITH DEVICE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE PT DEATH.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2012, A (B)(6) MALE PT UNDERWENT AAA REPAIR. THE PT PREVIOUSLY UNDERWENT PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION (PCI) FOR CORONARY STENOSIS AND WAS SUITABLE FOR THE ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR EXCEPT THAT A COMMON ILIAC ARTERY ANEURYSM WAS DEVELOPED IN BOTH SIDES. AFTER BOTH COMMON ILIAC ARTERIES WERE COIL EMBOLIZED, A MAIN BODY AND TWO ILIAC LEG GRAFTS WERE DEPLOYED. NO ENDOLEAKS WERE OBSERVED AFTER THE PROCEDURE. THE RIGHT LEG BECAME PULSELESS THE NEXT DAY, SO REMOVAL OF CLOT IN THE RIGHT SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY WAS PERFORMED. THE PT DEVELOPED VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION ON THE SAME DAY AND WAS PLACED ON A HEART-LUNG MACHINE. HOWEVER, HE DID NOT RECOVER AND DIED ON (B)(6) 2012.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ZENITH FLEX AAA ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT BIFURCATED MAIN BODY MIH, SYSTEM, ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT, AORTIC ANEURYSM TREATMENT MIH COOK, INC. NA F2706575

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 70 YR Death| L| S