FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

6000130-2006-00045

MDR report key: 691467 · Received March 10, 2006

Report

Report Number
6000130-2006-00045
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 10, 2006
Date of Event
February 8, 2006
Report Date
February 8, 2006
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC
Product Code
DQX
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A PTCA PROCEDURE, THE PT2 MODERATE SUPPORT GUIDE WIRE FRACTURED. THE PATIENT WAS UNDERGOING HEART CATHETERIZATION FOR ANGINA. AN ATW GUIDE WIRE WAS USED TO CROSS THE LEFT CIRCUMFLEX STENOSIS. WIRE POSITION WAS LOST, AND DURING REWRITING OF THE ARTERY, AN EPISODE OF TYPE C DISSECTION TO THE MID-LEFT CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY WAS NOTED PROXIMAL TO THE LESION. FOLLOWING TWO UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO CROSS THE LESION WITH DIFFERENT GUIDE WIRES, THE PT2 MODERATE SUPPORT GUIDE WIRE FRACTURED IN THE BALLOON. THE PHYSICIAN WAS ABLE TO SNARE THE FRACTURED WIRE. BALLOON INTERVENTION WAS USED AND THE LESION WAS SUCCESSFULLY STENTED WITH A DRUG ELUTING STENT. PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED THE FOLLOWING DAY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 DQX BOSTON SCIENTIFIC PT2 MODERATE NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention