Symmetry Bypass Aortic Connectors, manufactured by St. Jude, allow thoracic surgeons to attach saphenous (leg) vein grafts to the aorta without sutures and without clamping the aorta during the coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG).
Several people have suffered disability or death as a result of having a St. Jude Symmetry Bypass Aortic Connector implanted during coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The FDA began receiving reports of failure and it has been found that patients who have these connectors in place have a higher rate of graft narrowing, leakage, failed deployment, and occlusion than do patients without aortic connectors. Many patients had to undergo a second, repeat coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) procedure to redo the graft and remove the aortic connector device. Many suffered adverse medical events, such as heart attacks, respiratory failure, possibly even death.
Questionable Heart Bypass Connectors
News investigation into St. Jude Medical Symmetry Bypass Aortic Connectors, a medical device used during cardiac bypass surgery, that doctors from Memphis say have an alarmingly high failure rate. [Register your St. Jude Symmetry™ Bypass Connector Case
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