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A valiant captiva stent graft was implanted in the endovascular treatment of a 53mm x 59mm thoracic aortic aneurysm.It was reported on the date of the ct, seven months later, a type iii endoleak was identified.As per the physician the cause of the event can not be determined.No additional clinical sequalae were provided and the patient will be monitored.
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It was reported as there is only one stent graft implanted, the endoleak is likely a iiib endoleak but this has not been confirmed.The patient does not have any complaints or issues relevant to this finding and has not received any treatment.It was confirmed the patient is refusing treatment at this time but has agreed to a re scan in 6 months time.Therefore there is no more information available to assess the issue fully and determine a cause.Medtronic is submitting this report to comply with fda reporting regulations under 21 cfr parts 4 and 803.This report is based upon information obtained by medtronic, which the company may not have been able to fully investigate or verify prior to the date the report was required by the fda.Medtronic has made reasonable efforts to obtain more complete information and has provided as much relevant information as is available to the company as of the submission date of this report.This report does not constitute an admission or a conclusion by fda, medtronic, or its employees that the device, medtronic, or its employee caused or contributed to the event described in the report.In particular, this report does not constitute an admission by anyone that the product described in this report has any ¿defects¿ or has ¿malfunctioned¿.These words are included in the fda 3500a form and are fixed items for selection created by the fda to categorize the type of event solely for the purpose of regulatory reporting.Medtronic objects to the use of these words and others like them because of the lack of definition and the connotations implied by these terms.This statement should be included with any information or report disclosed to the public under the freedom of information act.Any required fields that are unpopulated are blank because the information is currently unknown or unavailable.A good faith effort will be made to obtain the applicable information relevant to the report.If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
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