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Heart injury after a port: ask about the finding

A suspected heart injury needs medical care. Ask what the report shows and how the port may relate to it.

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Updated Oct 4, 202615 sources

This may apply to you if

  • Identify the Bard device in the implant record.
  • Review the medical finding and care before and after placement.
  • Ask about dates, applicable law and the firm’s current acceptance rules.

What the public record says

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David G. Campbell · United States District Court for the District of Arizona · Senior United States District Judge

Finding: The September 25, 2026 order denied a request to end the Lattanzio case before trial because factual issues remained. It did not award a personal payment.

Lattanzio individual ruling, September 25, 2026 (opens in a new tab) · Sep 25, 2026 · Checked Oct 3, 2026

Takatoshi Nakamura · Department of Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Japan · First-listed author of the PowerPort cohort study

Finding: The 132-person study recorded infections, a kink and leaks, with no observed tube breakage. This small hospital cohort does not decide the cause of another patient’s injury.

Nakamura original PowerPort cohort, 2017 (opens in a new tab) · Mar 10, 2017 · Checked Oct 3, 2026

The evidence and its limits

Kitasato University School of Medicine, Japan · Annals of Medicine and Surgery · 2017

Complications after implantation of subcutaneous central venous ports (PowerPort)

Design:
Cohort
Participants:
132 patients with PowerPort implants at one hospital
Finding:
Eight patients had recorded complications: four infections, one kink and three leaks. No breakage was observed.
Main limitation
Small, one-hospital observational sample without a direct earlier-port comparison. It cannot prove individual cause or describe every device model.

Read the source: Complications after implantation of subcutaneous central venous ports (PowerPort) (opens in a new tab) · Checked Oct 3, 2026

The short answer

What is the heart injury this page addresses?
A report may describe a puncture or injury to the heart. Ask your doctor what it means. BD lists heart puncture as a possible risk. [14]
What signs need urgent medical care?
Call 911 or your local emergency number for life-threatening signs. Trouble breathing or fainting can be warning signs. Do not wait for legal review. [15]
How is the injury diagnosed and treated?
Your care team must assess the exact problem. Ask what tests support the diagnosis and what care is needed. The lawsuit record cannot choose treatment for you. [5]
What does the research establish?
The study followed 132 people at one hospital. It cannot prove the cause of your heart injury. It does not measure every rare problem. [3]

What rules a case out

Not covered by this case

  • A port complication alone does not prove a product defect.
  • This page cannot decide individual cause, a filing date or payment.

The process

What happens next

  1. 01

    You answer a few questions

    About two minutes. Nothing is sent until you agree on the last step and press submit.

  2. 02

    A lawyer looks at it

    A lawyer at the firm reads your answers and checks them against the current case criteria.

  3. 03

    The firm decides and gets in touch

    If the firm takes your case, you get the terms in writing to read before you sign. You can always say no.

When it fits this case

  • Identify the Bard device in the implant record.
  • Review the medical finding and care before and after placement.
  • Ask about dates, applicable law and the firm’s current acceptance rules.

A suspected heart injury needs medical care. Ask what the report shows and how the port may relate to it. A risk list does not prove the cause.

What is the heart injury this page addresses?

A report may describe a puncture or injury to the heart. Ask your doctor what it means. BD lists heart puncture as a possible risk.

A manufacturer’s risk list does not diagnose a person or prove a product defect. Keep the report’s original terms. Do not label every chest symptom a perforation or assume a single cause.

What signs need urgent medical care?

Call 911 or your local emergency number for life-threatening signs. Trouble breathing or fainting can be warning signs. Do not wait for legal review.

MedlinePlus lists general emergency signs, not a test for port-related heart injury. Seek medical help rather than trying to check the device yourself. Only trained staff should access a port.

How is the injury diagnosed and treated?

Your care team must assess the exact problem. Ask what tests support the diagnosis and what care is needed. The lawsuit record cannot choose treatment for you.

A possible-complication list is not a scan or procedure report. Obtain the record that describes the tissue or vessel involved. Let clinicians explain whether the device, placement or another issue needs review.

What does the research establish?

The study followed 132 people at one hospital. It cannot prove the cause of your heart injury. It does not measure every rare problem.

The researchers studied 132 patients and had no direct earlier-port comparison. They reported eight complications of other listed kinds. This sample is not a heart-injury risk estimate or a finding about all models.

Who may qualify for a heart-injury claim review?

Give a lawyer the diagnosis and device history. Ask what evidence connects the injury to the proposed claim. A warning alone does not decide fault.

The named September 2026 Arizona ruling addresses infection allegations. It is not a judgment on your heart injury. The actual device, events and law need their own assessment.

What records help clarify the finding?

Keep the imaging and procedure reports with their dates. Include the device card and placement note. Ask which missing record would explain the diagnosis.

Keep a clinician’s description separate from what an advertisement said. If records use different terms, ask the care team to explain them. Do not alter a diagnosis to fit a legal questionnaire.

Find out where you stand.

The review is free and private. Asking for it doesn’t commit you to anything.

Ask a law firm to review your case

Sources

  1. Lattanzio individual ruling, September 25, 2026Lattanzio individual ruling, September 25, 2026 · court
  2. GovInfo court docket attribution, September 25, 2026GovInfo court docket attribution, September 25, 2026 · court
  3. Nakamura original PowerPort cohort, 2017Nakamura original PowerPort cohort, 2017 · study
  4. FDA lot-specific PowerPort recall Z-1570-2020FDA lot-specific PowerPort recall Z-1570-2020 · regulator
  5. MSK first-party implanted-port care guidance (updated September 29, 2025)MSK first-party implanted-port care guidance (updated September 29, 2025)
  6. HHS: Your Medical RecordsHHS: Your Medical Records · regulator
  7. Federal courts: civil casesFederal courts: civil cases · court
  8. ABA: fees paid from a successful claimABA: fees paid from a successful claim
  9. SDNY: filing time limitsSDNY: filing time limits · court
  10. ABA Model Rule 1.5: feesABA Model Rule 1.5: fees
  11. FDA Issues Multiple Class I Recalls for Arrow International Vascular Access Kitsapi.fda.gov · Jun 30, 2026 · regulator
  12. MDL 3081 (D. Ariz., Judge David G. Campbell) CMO No. 41 adjusted the bellwether trial schedule after the parties filed 52 Rule 702/56 motions: Cook (23-cv-01975) Apr 21-May 8, 2026; Miller (24-cv-00621) Jul 7-24, 2026; Lattanzio (24-cv-00680) Aug 18-Sep 4, 2026; Divelbliss (23-cv-01627) Oct 13-30, 2026; Hicks (23-cv-01703) Dec 1-18, 2026; Sorensen (23-cv-02557) Feb 2-19, 2027. Verified from the court order itself (Doc 6028).nighgoldenberg.com · Nov 14, 2025 · court
  13. FDA Issues Class I Recall for Bard Power-Trialysis Dialysis Catheterapi.fda.gov · Sep 29, 2026 · regulator
  14. BD: PowerPort safety information (manufacturer source)
  15. MedlinePlus: recognizing a medical emergency

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