FDA Adverse Event Summary report: N

GE CATH LAB X-RAY SYSTEM

MDR report key: 34887 · Received July 11, 1996

Report

Report Number
34887
Date Received
July 11, 1996
Date of Event
June 5, 1996
Report Date
July 8, 1996
Manufacturer
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
Product Code
IZI
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGIST

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DURING AN ANGIOPLASTY THE X-RAY IMAGING EQUIPMENT BECAME NON-FUNCTIONAL WITHOUT WARNING; ONLY TRANSIENT FUNCTIONING OF THE EQUIPMENT WAS ACHIEVED. AT THIS TIME INJECTIONS OF THE RIGHT CORONARY WITH 80-85% LESION, NO EVIDENCE OF DISSECTION. RECOVERY OF THE SYSTEM WAS NOT POSSIBLE. PT WAS OBSERVED. ABOUT 40 MINUTES POST INFLATION PT COMPLAINED OF CHEST PAIN. EKG SHOWED NO ABNORMALITY. CHEST PAIN CONTINUED DESPITE IV NITRO. PT TAKEN TO OR FOR BYPASS OF RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 GE CATH LAB X-RAY SYSTEM CATH LAB X-RAY SYSTEM IZI GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. NA NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 67 YR