FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SYMMETRY BYPASS SYSTEM

MDR report key: 491309 · Received October 23, 2003

Report

Report Number
2135392-2003-00137
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 23, 2003
Date of Event
May 29, 2003
Report Date
October 15, 2003
Manufacturer
ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC.
Product Code
FZP
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SD, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS AND OPCAB X5 WAS PERFORMED WITH THE LITA-LAD, SVG-DIAGONAL, SVG-OMI, SVG-OM2, AND SVG-PDA. THE DIAGONAL, OM1 AND PDA WERE ANASTOMOSED WITH AORTIC CONNECTORS (ACN-4550 X2, ACN-5560 X 1). POSTOP, THE PATIENT'S RECOVERY WAS UNREMARKABLE AND WAS PRESCRIBED 325 MG ASPIRIN DAILY WITHOUT PLAVIX. CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION 15 DAYS POSTOPERATIVELY DEMONSTRATED THE SVG-DIAGONAL WAS OCCLUDED, THE SVG-OMI WAS OCCLUDED PROXIMALLY, AHD THE SVG-RCA WAS OPEN BUT "DISEASED WITH GRUMOUS MATERIAL" IN THE PROXIMAL TWO-THIRDS, THE SVG-CIRCUMFLEX WAS PATENT, AND THE LITA-LAD WAS PATENT WITH A SMALL "KINK" THAT DID NOT APPEAR TO LIMIT FLOW AND HAD GOOD DISTAL FILLING. ANGIOPLASTY AND STENTS WERE PLACED IN THE DIAGONAL, OM1, OM2, AND RCA.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SYMMETRY BYPASS SYSTEM AORTIC CONNECTOR FZP ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC. ACN-4550 UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 75 YR Required Intervention