FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TAXUS EXPRESS2 PACLITAXEL-ELUTING CORONARY STENT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 844630 · Received April 30, 2007

Report

Report Number
6000093-2007-00842
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 30, 2007
Date of Event
December 24, 2006
Report Date
April 3, 2007
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.
Product Code
NIO
PMA / PMN Number
P030025
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE ANALYSIS. THE DELIVERY DEVICE WAS DISPOSED AND THE STENT REMAINED IN THE PT. BECAUSE THE BATCH NUMBER FOR THIS COMPLAINT IS UNK, THE SHOP FLOOR PAPERWORK COULD NOT BE EXAMINED. THE CAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTIES STATED IN THE COMPLAINT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

SAME CASE AS MDR#6000093-2007-000843. SEE ATTACHED MEDWATCH #MW1042280 (2 PAGES). IT WAS REPORTED THAT POST A CORONARY DRUG ELUTING STENTING TREATMENT PROCEDURE, THROMBOSIS OCCURRED. THE PHYSICIAN IMPLANTED 2 TAXUS EXPRESS2 DRUG ELUTING STENTS OF UNK SIZE IN THE LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING (LAD). APPROX 2 YEARS LATER, THE PT PRESENTED WITH THROMBOSIS WITH EJECTION FRACTION OF 25% AFTER PTCA. A NON-BSC STENT OF UNK SIZE WAS PLACED TO TREAT THE THROMBOSIS. THE PT HAD STOPPED PLAVIX ONE YEAR PRIOR TO THE EVENT. FURTHER INFO HAS BEEN REQUESTED BUT HAD NOT BEEN RECEIVED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TAXUS EXPRESS2 PACLITAXEL-ELUTING CORONARY STENT SYSTEM NIQ STENT, CORONARY, DRUG-ELUTING NIO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP. * *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 * Required Intervention