FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

HEMOCLIP

MDR report key: 528889 · Received June 4, 2004

Report

Report Number
528889
Event Type
Death
Date Received
June 4, 2004
Date of Event
April 28, 2004
Report Date
June 3, 2004
Manufacturer
WECK
Product Code
DSS
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
INVALID DATA

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT RECEIVED A TRIPLE CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT AND AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT WITH NO INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. UPON ARRIVAL IN CICU HEMORRHAGE WAS VISIBLE THROUGH THE CHEST TUBE ACCOMPANIED BY A PERCIPITOUS DROP IN BLOOD PRESSURE. THE PT WAS REOPENED AND MASSIVE HEMORRHAGING AND CARDIAC TAMPONADE OBSERVED. SURGICAL CLIPS WERE MISSING FROM TWO BRANCHES OF THE RT CORONARY ARTERY. THE PT EXPIRED AFTER 30 MINUTES OF OPEN CARDIAC RESUSCITATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 HEMOCLIP TITANIUM LIGATING CLIP DSS WECK 523800 UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 83 YR Death