It was reported that the procedure was to treat a heavily calcified lesion in the right coronary artery (rca).A 3.5x38mm xience skypoint drug eluting stent (des) was advanced into the unspecified guide catheter (gc) with resistance met, when the shaft separated in two pieces inside of the guide catheter.The separated des was removed from the guide catheter, the guide catheter remained in the access site and a non-abbott stent of a similar size was used to successfully complete the procedure.There was no adverse patient effect and no clinically significant delay in the procedure.No additional information was provided.
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The device was not returned for analysis.A review of the lot history record revealed no manufacturing nonconformities that would have contributed to this complaint.Additionally, a review of the complaint history identified no similar incidents from this lot.A conclusive cause for the reported difficulties could not be determined.There is no indication of a product quality issue with respect to manufacture, design, or labeling.
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