FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TAXUS EXPRESS2 PACLITAXEL DRUG-ELUTING STENT

MDR report key: 751381 · Received August 14, 2006

Report

Report Number
6000093-2006-01492
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 14, 2006
Date of Event
September 16, 2005
Report Date
July 17, 2006
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
NIQ
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DELIVERY DEVICE WAS DISPOSED AND THE STENT REMAINED IN THE PATIENT. THEREFORE, NO ANALYSIS COULD BE PERFORMED. BECAUSE THE BATCH NUMBER FOR THIS COMPLAINT IS UNKNOWN, THE SHOP FLOOR PAPERWORK COULD NOT BE EXAMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

CLINICAL STUDY. SAME CASE AS 6000093-2006-01491. IT WAS REPORTED THAT 100 DAYS AFTER A CORONARY ARTERY DRUG ELUTING STENTING PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT HAD A TARGET VESSEL REINTERVENTION (TVR). THE INDEX PROCEDURE TREATED 1 DE NOVO TARGET LESION WITH 90% STENOSIS LOCATED IN THE MID LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING ARTERY (LAD). THE LESION WAS NOT PREDILATED. THE PHYSICIAN SUCCESSFULLY IMPLANTED 2 OVERLAPPING STENTS, ONE 2.5X24MM TAXUS EXPRESS2 DRUG ELUTING STENT (DES) AT 16 ATMS AND ONE 2.5X16MM TAXUS EXPRESS2 DES AT 12 ATMS. THE PATIENT HAD A PCI OF THE TARGET VESSEL 100 DAYS AFTER THE INDEX PROCEDURE DUE TO RESTENOSIS OF THE LAD STENT. THE PATIENT WAS ON PLAVIX AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TAXUS EXPRESS2 PACLITAXEL DRUG-ELUTING STENT DRUG ELUTING STENT NIQ BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION 2.5X16MM UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 51 YR Hospitalization| L| R