FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ANEURX

MDR report key: 3401100 · Received October 10, 2013

Report

Report Number
2953200-2013-01972
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 10, 2013
Report Date
September 16, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P990020
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). EVALUATION METHOD: (FILM). EVALUATION RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: (STENT GRAFT MIGRATION, ENDOLEAK). (DISEASE PROGRESSION (NECK DILATATION), LACK OF PATIENT FOLLOW-UP).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AN ANEURX STENT GRAFT SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED IN A PATIENT FOR THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS IN FOR A ROUTINE FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENT AND THE CT SHOWED THAT THE STENT GRAFT HAS MIGRATED DISTALLY 3 CM RESULTING IN A PROXIMAL TYPE I. HOWEVER, THE PATIENT HAD BEEN LOST TO FOLLOW UP FOR YEARS PRIOR TO THIS. THE DATE OF EVENT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE OBTAINED. THE PHYSICIAN STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT WAS LACK OF FOLLOW UP. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH A 3214102 AND A 1616124. AN OCCLUDER STENT GRAFT WAS IMPLANTED TO OCCLUDE THE RIGHT COMMON ILIAC ARTERY. NO ADDITIONAL CLINICAL SEQUELAE WERE REPORTED AND THE PATIENT IS FINE. A REVIEW OF SEVERAL STILL ANGIOGRAM IMAGES SHOW THAT THE STENT GRAFT IS APPROXIMATELY 4CM BELOW THE RENAL ARTERIES WITH A PROXIMAL TYPE I ENDOLEAK. THE NECK DIAMETER AT THE RENAL ARTERIES IS APPROXIMATELY 30MM. AN ENDURANT AUI IS SEEN POSITIONED JUST BELOW THE RENAL ARTERIES; RE-DIRECTING THE BLOOD FLOW DOWN THE LEFT SIDE. NO ENDOLEAK WAS SEEN POST-AUI IMPLANT. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT DISEASE PROGRESSION (NECK DILATATION), AS WELL AS LACK OF PATIENT FOLLOW-UP, MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE MIGRATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
515224 ANEURX SYSTEM, ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT, AORTIC ANEURYSM TREATMENT MIH MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR M03K552138

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention