It was reported that a stroke occurred, and the patient died.Event summary: a sentinel cerebral protection system (cps) was used during a transcatheter aortic valve implantation (tavi) procedure.An introducer sheath was placed into the radial artery and the sentinel cps was advanced and positioned.Following deployment of the filters the patient started to present with stroke like symptoms.The patients movements displaced the sentinel cps, therefore the device was removed from the patient.After retrieval the tavi procedure was continued and successfully completed.Post procedure the patient had a ct scan that showed that a cerebelous branch was blocked.The patients condition improved and was expected to fully recover, however the patient ultimately died three (3) days later.The cause of death was stroke.
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