FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ELCA LASER SHEATH

MDR report key: 3140758 · Received May 31, 2013

Report

Report Number
1721279-2013-00080
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 31, 2013
Report Date
May 21, 2013
Manufacturer
SPECTRANETICS CORPORATION
Product Code
LPC
PMA / PMN Number
P910001
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS EVENT INFORMATION WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE KANTO KOSHINNETSU AREA MEETING OF CVIT(JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF CARDIO VASCULAR INTERVENTION AND THERAPEUTICS) ON 11MAY2013. AN ADVERSE EVENT OCCURRED DURING PCI, THE INJURY WAS PERFORATION OF LAD. THIS PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION (PCI) WAS STARTED WITH INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP (IABP). THE PHYSICIAN NOTICED A GIANT THROMBUS AT THE LEFT MAIN TRUNK (LMT); HE TRIED TO ASPIRATE IT WITH AN ASPIRATION CATHETER; HOWEVER, HE WAS NOT ABLE TO ASPIRATE IT. THE PHYSICIAN BEGAN USING A 1.4MM ELCA RX CATHETER. HE COMPLETED A GIANT THROMBUS REMOVAL. AFTER USING A 1.4MM ELCA RX CATHETER, HE NOTICED PERFORATION AT THE PROXIMAL LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY (LAD). THIS INJURY WAS TREATED WITH A PERFUSION BALLOON CATHETER AND GRAFT MASTER STENT (ABBOTT). THE PATIENT RECOVERED, AND WAS DISCHARGED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
242192 ELCA LASER SHEATH ELCA RX LPC SPECTRANETICS CORPORATION 114-009 UNKNOWN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 77 YR Hospitalization| L| R CVX-300 EXCIMER LASER (SN (B)(4))