Medtronic received the following information from the journal article entitled; late surgical conversions after abdominal endovascular aortic repair: underlying mechanisms, clinical results and strategies for prevention.Https://doi.Org/10.1093/icvts/ivz207 andrzej juraszek, bartosz rylski, stoyan kondov, johannes scheumann, maximilian kreibich, julia morlock, holger schröfel, tim berger, fabian kari, matthias siepe, friedhelm beyersdorf, and martin czerny interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, volume 29, issue 6 h.6.Continued: c50483, c50781 and c9445.If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
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Endurant stent grafts and non-medtronic stent grafts were implanted in patients for endovascular aortic repair, and 16 patients with late complications after evar underwent open surgical conversion.The following events were reported: serious injury: rupture stent graft infection aortoduodenal fistula hemodynamic instability cardiopulmonary instability cardiac complications pulmonary complications respiratory failure transient ischaemic attack ureter injury subileus death-patient deaths were also reported, however there is no causal link that the endurant device may have caused or contributed to the deaths.
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