FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ENDURANT ABDOMINAL STENT GRAFT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2943987 · Received February 5, 2013

Report

Report Number
2953200-2013-00198
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 5, 2013
Date of Event
March 7, 2014
Report Date
August 7, 2014
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR SANTA ROSA
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P100021
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SP
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4), RESULTS: INHERENT RISK OF PROCEDURE (STENT GRAFT OCCLUSION), PATIENT'S CONDITION AFFECTED EFFECTIVENESS OF DEVICE (TYPE II ENDOLEAK, TORTUOUS ILIAC ARTERIES). CONCLUSION: DEVICE FAILURE/LACK OF EFFECTIVENESS RELATED TO PATIENT CONDITION (TYPE II ENDOLEAK, TORTUOUS ILIAC ARTERIES).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AN ENDURANT STENT GRAFT SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED IN A PATIENT FOR THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF A FUSIFORM 5.5 CM ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM APPROXIMATELY 39 MONTHS AGO. THE AORTIC NECK DIAMETER WAS 18 MM PROXIMALLY AND DISTALLY IT WAS 23 MM WITH A LENGTH OF 15 MM. THE RIGHT AND LEFT ILIAC ARTERIES WERE MILDLY TORTUOUS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY DONE DURING A ROUTINE FOLLOW-UP VISIT 11 MONTHS POST IMPLANT SHOWED VELOCITIES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTENCE OF STENOSIS. APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS LATER THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH SYMPTOMS OF CLAUDICATION AND WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL. THERE WAS STENOSIS LOCATED DISTAL TO THE ANCHORING SIDE OF THE RIGHT BRANCH OF THE STENT GRAFT. THIS WAS TREATED WITH A STENT. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL THREE DAYS LATER AND WAS DOING FINE. THE INVESTIGATOR ASSESSED THIS EVENT TO BE RELATED TO THE STUDY DEVICE AND NOT THE STUDY PROCEDURE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT MINIMAL STENT GRAFT THROMBUS WAS OBSERVED. NO CLINICAL SEQUELAE WERE REPORTED AND THE PATIENT IS BEING MONITORED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A FILM REVIEW WAS COMPLETED. ULTRASOUND IMAGES FROM A 1-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY WERE REVIEWED. TRANSVERSE IMAGES COULD NOT CONFIRM OR RULE OUT THE REPORTED STENOSIS. IMAGES SHOW POSSIBLE THROMBUS IN ONE OF THE LIMBS, BUT THIS COULD ALSO BE AN ARTIFACT. NO OBVIOUS STENT GRAFT INTEGRITY ISSUES WERE OBSERVED. CTA'S WERE NOT PROVIDED TO ASSIST WITH THE VISUALIZATION AND CAUSE OF THE REPORTED STENOSIS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
48010 ENDURANT ABDOMINAL STENT GRAFT SYSTEM SYSTEM, ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT, AORTIC ANEURYSM TREATMENT MIH MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR SANTA ROSA V00346320

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00081 YR Required Intervention