Product analysis: the device was discarded, therefore no product analysis can be performed.Conclusion: without the return of the product, no definitive conclusion can be made regarding the clinical observation.If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
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Medtronic received information that prior to the implant of this transcatheter bioprosthetic valve, a pre-implant balloon aortic val vuloplasty (bav) was performed.During implant, difficulty passing the guidewire was experienced.Following the valve implant, a dissection was observed in the ascending aorta.The patient was stable and a thoracotomy was performed for the dissection.It was noted that the patient had a bicuspid aortic valve, an annulus angle of seventy degrees, calcification on the valve leaflets, and enlargement of the ascending aorta.It was reported that the blood vessel wall was fragile, and had been rubbed by the delivery catheter system (dcs) and the balloon used for pre-implant bav.Per the physician, it is unknown whether the dcs caused or contributed to the dissection.No additional adverse patient effects were reported.
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