FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ASAHI PROWATER PTCA GUIDE WIRE

MDR report key: 4064314 · Received September 5, 2014

Report

Report Number
3003775027-2014-00044
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 5, 2014
Date of Event
August 9, 2014
Report Date
August 13, 2014
Manufacturer
AV-ASAHI
Product Code
DQX
PMA / PMN Number
K022762
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MI, US
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). DURING PROCESSING OF THIS COMPLAINT, ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO OBTAIN COMPLETE EVENT, PATIENT AND DEVICE INFORMATION. THE DEVICE IS MANUFACTURED BY ASAHI INTECC. CO. LTD. MEDICAL DIVISION; HOWEVER, ABBOTT VASCULAR DISTRIBUTES THE DEVICE AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MDR REPORTING. THE ANALYSIS WAS PERFORMED BY ASAHI INTECC. CO. LTD., THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR INVESTIGATION AND A FAILURE ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLAINT DEVICE COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. A REVIEW OF THE LOT HISTORY RECORD AND COMPLAINT HISTORY OF THE REPORTED LOT COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED AS THE PART AND LOT NUMBERS WERE NOT PROVIDED. BASED ON THE PROVIDED INFORMATION, IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED WHETHER THE GUIDE WIRE MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE RELATED EVENTS, HOWEVER, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF A PRODUCT DEFICIENCY. IT SHOULD BE NOTED AS LISTED IN THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE (IFU), THIS GUIDE WIRE MUST BE USED ONLY BY A PHYSICIAN WHO IS FULLY TRAINED IN PTCA/PTA TREATMENT, AND DAMAGE TO A VESSEL AS POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS AND ADVERSE EVENTS OF GUIDEWIRE USE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A PROCEDURE OF THE MID LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING (LAD) ARTERY USING A NON-ABBOTT STENT AND GUIDE CATHETER AND PROWATER GUIDE WIRE, THE STENT DELIVERY SYSTEM (SDS) COULD NOT CROSS THE LESION. THE SDS WAS REMOVED FOR ADDITIONAL PRE-DILATATION, HOWEVER, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE NON-ABBOTT GUIDE CATHETER CAUSED A DISSECTION OF THE LEFT MAIN (LM) WHEN IT DISLODGED FROM PLACE IN THE AORTA. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REPOSITION THE GUIDE CATHETER THE PROWATER GUIDE WIRE WAS PULLED/TUGGED AND THE LEFT MAIN OCCLUDED. THE VESSEL WAS RE-WIRED AND AN ADDITIONAL STENT WAS PLACED AS TREATMENT OF THE LEFT MAIN WITHOUT REPORTED ADVERSE PATIENT SEQUELA. A NON-ABBOTT STENT WAS SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYED IN THE TARGET LESION WITHOUT REPORTED ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECT. THERE WAS NO REPORTED CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT DELAY IN THE PROCEDURE. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
544791 ASAHI PROWATER PTCA GUIDE WIRE GUIDE WIRE DQX AV-ASAHI

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R