FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

ENDURANT

MDR report key: 3140372 · Received May 31, 2013

Report

Report Number
2953200-2013-01046
Event Type
Death
Date Received
May 31, 2013
Report Date
May 6, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC IRELAND
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P100021
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EXACT DATE OF DEATH IS UNKNOWN. (B)(4), RESULTS: INHERENT RISK OF PROCEDURE (RENAL COMPLICATIONS, DEATH), (INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION; CAUSE IS UNKNOWN), PATIENT¿S CONDITION AFFECTED EFFECTIVENESS OF DEVICE (PRE-EXISTING RENAL INSUFFICIENCY), CONCLUSION: KNOWN INHERENT RISK OF A PROCEDURE (RENAL COMPLICATIONS, DEATH), (INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION; CAUSE IS UNKNOWN), DEVICE FAILURE/LACK OF EFFECTIVENESS RELATED TO PATIENT CONDITION (PRE-EXISTING RENAL INSUFFICIENCY).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AN ENDURANT STENT GRAFT SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED IN A PATIENT FOR THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF A 79 MM DIAMETER ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS AGO. VESSEL MORPHOLOGY WAS ADEQUATE. A TYPE II B ENDOLEAK WAS NOTED AND IT WAS CORRECTED BY REMODELING THE STENT GRAFT. THE PATIENT ALREADY SUFFERS RENAL INSUFFICIENCY HAD AN INCREASE IN CREATININE LEVEL (FROM 1.3 FIVE DAYS PRE-IMPLANT TO 1.8MG/DL) AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ACUTE CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE. THIS WAS LIKELY AN ACUTE TUBULAR NECROSIS PROCESS GIVEN THE PATIENT¿S PERIOPERATIVE HYPOTENSION, BUT COULD ALSO BE A PRE-RENAL PROCESS GIVEN THE PATIENT¿S BLOOD LOSS (25CC). THE INVESTIGATOR STATES THE RENAL FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE PROCEDURE, BUT NOT RELATED TO THE STUDY DEVICE. TWO DAYS POST-OPERATIVELY ON THE PATIENT¿S HEMATOCRIT WAS NOTED TO HAVE DRIFTED TO 22%; AND WAS TRANSFUSED WITH 2 UNITS OF PACKED RED BLOOD CELLS. THE INVESTIGATOR STATES THAT THE LOW HEMATOCRIT/HEMOGLOBIN WAS RELATED TO THE PROCEDURE, BUT NOT RELATED TO THE STUDY DEVICE. NO ADDITIONAL CLINICAL SEQUELAE WERE REPORTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS LOST TO FOLLOW UP FOR THEIR 12 MONTH VISIT. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE THE PATIENT EXPIRED. THE DATE OF DEATH IS UNKNOWN. AUTOPSY AND DEATH REPORT ARE NOT AVAILABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
241551 ENDURANT SYSTEM, ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT, AORTIC ANEURYSM TREATMENT MIH MEDTRONIC IRELAND V01014264

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00084 YR Death