FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

FEMORAL VENOUS DRAINAGE CANNULA

MDR report key: 71462 · Received February 27, 1997

Report

Report Number
55108-1997-00004
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 27, 1997
Date of Event
January 24, 1997
Report Date
February 24, 1997
Manufacturer
DLP, INC.
Product Code
DWF
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Distributor report
Reporter Location
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT UNDERWENT A SUCCESSFUL CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT VIA MINIMALLY INVASIVE APPROACH. THE ENDOCORONARY SINUS CATHETER (ESC), ENDOPULMONARY VENT (EPV) AND ENDOVENOUS DRAINAGE CANNULA (EVDC) WERE PLACED ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE. UPON PERFORMING THE PERICARDIOTOMY, THE SURGEON NOTED A HEMATOMA IN THE RIGHT VENTRICULAR WALL AND A 1 CM PERFORATION. THIS REQUIRED 1 SUTURE. THE MECHANISM OF THE PERFORATION WAS NOT DEFINED. THE PLACEMENT OF THE ESC AND EPV WERE DESCRIBED BY THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST AS UNEVENTFUL. DURING PLACEMENT OF THE DEVICE, THE GUIDEWIRE WAS SEEN TO ENTER THE RIGHT VENTRICLE A FEW TIMES (AS OPPOSED TO REMAINING WITHIN THE ATRIUM AND VENA CAVAE AS INTENDED), BUT PLACEMENT WAS OTHERWISE UNEVENTFUL. THE ATTENDING SURGEON STATED THAT THE EVENT WAS OF NO CLINICAL CONSEQUENCE, AND THAT IT WAS UNEVENTFUL IN THE COURSE OF A CARDIAC OPERATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 FEMORAL VENOUS DRAINAGE CANNULA CANNULA DWF DLP, INC. EVDC UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 67 YR Required Intervention