FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

AORTIC EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS (C3)

MDR report key: 8125587 · Received December 3, 2018

Report

Report Number
3007284313-2018-00338
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 3, 2018
Date of Event
July 10, 2018
Report Date
December 3, 2018
Manufacturer
W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES
Product Code
MIH
UDI-DI
00733132622443
PMA / PMN Number
P020004
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TN, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

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Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

MEDICATION'S - ANTICOAGULANT MEDICATIONS (TYPE UNKNOWN). IMAGES WERE SENT TO GORE FOR EVALUATION: 3D RECONSTRUCTION FROM CT DATED (B)(6) 2018 ILLUSTRATING A PATENT LII. AXIAL IMAGES FROM CT DATED (B)(6) 2018 ILLUSTRATING A PATENT LII. CENTERLINE RECONSTRUCTION FROM THE CT DATED (B)(6) 2018 ILLUSTRATES MINIMAL AMOUNTS OF THE THROMBUS PRESENT IN THE ABDOMINAL AORTA. CENTERLINE RECONSTRUCTION FROM THE CT DATED (B)(6) 2018 ILLUSTRATES SIGNIFICANT THROMBUS PRESENT IN THE ABDOMINAL AORTA AND THE LCI AND LII APPEAR TO BE OCCLUDED. AXIAL IMAGES FROM CT DATED (B)(6) 2018 ILLUSTRATE THAT THE LCI AND LII APPEAR TO BE OCCLUDED. ACCORDING TO THE GORE® EXCLUDER® AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE, ADVERSE EVENTS THAT MAY OCCUR AND/OR REQUIRE INTERVENTION INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OCCLUSION OF DEVICE OR NATIVE VESSEL. A REVIEW OF THE MANUFACTURING RECORDS FOR THE DEVICE VERIFIED THE LOT MET ALL PRE-RELEASE SPECIFICATIONS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2017, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM AND A COMMON ILIAC ARTERY ANEURYSM USING GORE® EXCLUDER® AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS AND GORE® EXCLUDER® ILIAC BRANCH ENDOPROSTHESIS. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, IMAGING REPORTEDLY IDENTIFIED A DEVICE (UNKNOWN) WAS CLOTTED OFF. ON (B)(6) 2018, IMAGING CONFIRMED CLOTTING OFF OF PATIENT'S LEFT SIDE (TRUNK-IPSILATERAL LEG COMPONENT DOWN TO THE INTERNAL ILIAC COMPONENT (HGB) AND ILIAC BRANCH COMPONENT (CEB) DEVICES). THE PHYSICIAN BELIEVES A POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THE ADVERSE EVENT IS THE PATIENT NOT TAKING HIS ANTICOAGULANT MEDICATIONS. THE PATIENT REPORTEDLY UNDERWENT AN UNSUCCESSFUL THROMBECTOMY. IT WAS REPORTED THE PHYSICIAN DECIDED TO PERFORM A FEMOROFEMORAL BYPASS. THE PATIENT TOLERATED THE PROCEDURE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
964684 AORTIC EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS (C3) SYSTEM, ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT, AORTIC ANEURYSM TREATMENT MIH W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES 16580050 00733132622443

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 71 YR Hospitalization| R