FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

TAXUS LIBERTE PACLITAXEL-ELUTING CORONARY STENT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2962353 · Received February 14, 2013

Report

Report Number
2134265-2013-00591
Event Type
Death
Date Received
February 14, 2013
Date of Event
September 18, 2012
Report Date
January 17, 2013
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - MAPLE GROVE
Product Code
NIQ
PMA / PMN Number
P060008
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(6). DEVICE IS COMBINATION PRODUCT. DEVICE EVALUATED BY MFR: THE COMPLAINT DEVICE WAS NOT RECEIVED AT THE COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION SITE FOR ANALYSIS. THE BATCH NUMBER IS UNKNOWN AND THE MANUFACTURING RECORDS FOR THE COMPLAINT DEVICE COULD NOT BE REVIEWED. THE ROOT CAUSE IS ANTICIPATED PROCEDURAL COMPLICATIONS AS THIS EVENT IS A KNOWN PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECT OF THE PROCEDURE AND IS NOTED WITHIN THE DFU. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

(B)(4) CLINICAL STUDY. SAME PATIENT AS MDR#2134265-2012-04493. IT WAS REPORTED THAT POST A STENTING TREATMENT PROCEDURE, DEATH OCCURRED. IN (B)(6) 2010, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH UNSTABLE ANGINA. STRESS TEST REVEALED INFERIOR ISCHEMIA AND CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WAS RECOMMENDED. THE 90% STENOSED, 12 X 3.00MM TARGET LESION WAS A DE NOVO LESION LOCATED IN THE DISTAL LEFT CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY (LCX). THE TARGET LESION WAS TREATED WITH PREDILATATION AND PLACEMENT OF 2.75 X 16 MM TAXUS LIBERTE STENT. FOLLOWING POST DILATATION, RESIDUAL STENOSIS WAS 0%. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED THE NEXT DAY ON ASPIRIN AND PRASUGREL. IN (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH WORSENING CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. THREE DAYS LATER, THE PATIENT DIED OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; SECONDARY CAUSES WERE CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, HYPERTENSION, DIABETES MELLITUS AND CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE.. AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT, THE PATIENT WAS TAKING ASPIRIN AND WAS NOT ON THE STUDY DRUG.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
64623 TAXUS LIBERTE PACLITAXEL-ELUTING CORONARY STENT SYSTEM CORONARY DRUG-ELUTING STENT NIQ BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - MAPLE GROVE UNK433

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 71 YR Death