THE DEVICE INVOLVED IN THIS EVENT WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION AS IT REMAINS IMPLANTED IN THE PATIENT. PATIENT MEDICAL RECORDS AND IMAGING STUDIES WILL BE REQUESTED FOR FURTHER EVALUATION BY THE CLINICAL SPECIALIST. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PERTINENT TO THE INCIDENT IS OBTAINED, A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED. DEVICE REMAINS IMPLANTED.
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AN OVATION IX ABDOMINAL STENT GRAFT SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED TO TREAT AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM. POST POLYMER FILL OF THE AORTIC BODY STENT GRAFT, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED AN ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK LEADING TO A FATAL OUTCOME. THE DEVICE WILL NOT BE RETURNED AS IT IS STILL IMPLANTED IN THE PATIENT, NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BUT HAD BEEN REQUESTED.