Medtronic conducted a post market clinical follow-up (pmcf) survey to seek out potential new risks and assess performance of the amplatz goose neck snare kit and the amplatz goose neck microsnare kit.Survey results from an interventional cardiologist in practice 20 years.Physician has been using medtronic¿s amplatz goose neck snare kit and amplatz microsnare kit since 2016, using a total of 30 amplatz goose neck snare kits and 30 amplatz goose neck microsnare kits in the last year.Of the amplatz goose neck microsnare kits used, 5 were used during peripheral vascular procedures, 20 were used during coronary vascular procedures and 5 were used during extra-cranial neurovascular procedures during use of the amplatz goose neck snare kit in the arterial vasculature, an embolization event is reported for one patient, and a stroke event is reported for one patient.A pulmonary embolism event is reported for 1 patient during use of the amplatz goose neck snare kit in venous vasculature.During use of the amplatz goose neck microsnare kit in the arterial vasculature, an embolization event is reported for one patient, and a stroke event is reported for one patient.A pulmonary embolism event is reported for one patient during use of the amplatz goose neck microsnare kit in venous vasculature.Of the above complications (adverse events), some of these are listed as having been reported to medtronic previously.Due to limited information these are included in reporting.
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