| Model Number |
IMPELLA CP |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem (2993)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Codes |
Perforation (2001); Blood Loss (2597)
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| Date of Event |
08/19/2017
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Type of Reportable Event
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Serious Injury
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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On march 13, 2018 a cardiol res and elmer press inc¿ journal article was found.The date of the event was not reported and abiomed was unable to find a corresponding event that had been reported for any customer.Abiomed has used the manuscript submission date of august 19, 2017 as the date of the event.No device was returned for evaluation, and abiomed was unable to obtain any additional information regarding this event.(b)(4).
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Event or Problem Description
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On (b)(6) 2018 a cardiol res and elmer press inc.¿ journal article was found.The date of the event was not reported and abiomed was unable to find a corresponding event that had been reported for any customer.Abiomed has used the manuscript submission date of (b)(6) 2017 as the date of the event.A (b)(6) year-old male with known coronary artery disease and stable angina was admitted to our facility with a prolonged chest pain episode at rest, associated with dyspnea.An impella cp was successfully placed.Following pci, the patient suffered acute profound hypotension necessitating intravenous fluids and vasopressor support with epinephrine.The impella device was removed and selective left common iliac angiogram from the right femoral access revealed a vascular injury site with an indication of a retroperitoneal hematoma.An 8.0 × 59 mm icast covered stent was deployed to the left external iliac artery with successful sealing of the perforation.The impella device site was closed with two perclose devices.Computed tomography (ct) of the abdomen revealed large retroperitoneal bleeding along the plane of left external iliac artery.The patient required 4 units of packed red blood cell transfusion.The patient was discharged from the hospital 10 days later.
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