FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

VALIANT

MDR report key: 4636954 · Received March 26, 2015

Report

Report Number
2953200-2015-00579
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 26, 2015
Date of Event
January 3, 2014
Report Date
March 3, 2015
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P100040
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CH
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). OFF LABEL: IMPLANTED TO TREAT AORTIC ARCH ANEURYSM, AORTIC ARCH COARCTATION AND LICA ANEURYSM.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS DEVICE IS DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES; HOWEVER, IT IS SIMILAR TO A UNITED STATES DISTRIBUTED PRODUCT. WEIMIN ZHOU*, WEI ZHOU, JIEHUA QIU AND QINGZHONG ZENG, HYBRID PROCEDURE TO TREAT AORTIC ARCH ANEURYSM COMBINED WITH AORTIC ARCH COARCTATION AND LEFT INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM (CASE REPORT) HTTP://WWW.CARDIOTHORACICSURGERY.ORG/CONTENT/9/1/3 ON UNKNOWN DATES, A VALIANT STENT GRAFT WAS IMPLANTED TO TREAT AORTIC ARCH ANEURYSM, AORTIC ARCH COARCTATION AND LICA ANEURYSM. A 50 MM SIZED SACCULAR ANEURYSM WAS MEASURED 3 MM DISTAL TO THE LEFT COMMON CAROTID ARTERY (LCCA), THE LEFT SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY (LSA) AROSE FROM THE AORTIC ARCH ANEURYSM AND THE SIZE OF AORTIC ARCH COARCTATION WAS 12MM. THE FOLLOWING ADVERSE EVENTS WERE OBSERVED: UNABLE TO DEPLOY STENT GRAFT, INTERVENTION WHERE THE RIGHT BRACHIAL ARTERY WAS PUNCTURED AND CANNULATED, AORTIC ARCH ANEURYSM SAC THROMBOSIS, TYPE I ENDOLEAK, MILD STENOSIS OF LICA AND AORTIC ARCH. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS EVENT. ABSTRACT AORTIC ARCH ANEURYSM IS A RARE CONDITION BUT CARRIES A HIGH RISK OF RUPTURE. WE REPORT ONE CASE OF AORTIC ARCH ANEURYSM COMBINED WITH AORTIC ARCH COARCTATION AND LEFT INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM, WHICH IS EXTREMELY RARE. LEFT INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM RESECTION AND REVASCULARIZATION, CAROTID AND CAROTID GRAFT BYPASS COMBINED WITH ENDOVASCULAR STENT GRAFT AND EMBOLIZATION WITH COILS WERE SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED. THERE WERE NO ANY COMPLAINTS AND COMPLICATIONS AT 8 MONTHS FOLLOW-UP. THE FOLLOW-UP CTA DEMONSTRATED THROMBUS FORMATION IN THE ANEURYSM LUMEN, NO ENDOLEAK AND THE AORTIC ARCH AND BYPASS GRAFT WERE ALL PATENT. WE FEEL THAT HYBRID PROCEDURE MAY BE A VALUABLE THERAPEUTIC ALTERNATIVE WHEN TREATING THIS TYPE OF LESION. HOWEVER, LONG-TERM CLINICAL EFFICACY AND SAFETY HAVE YET TO BE CONFIRMED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
203180 VALIANT SYSTEM, ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT, AORTIC ANEURYSM TREATMENT MIH MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00056 YR Required Intervention