On (b)(6) 2023 event description (balloon rupture): iabp alarming.The alarm was " ekg trigger loss" the balloon was not inflating with each complex.A line pressures stable.The iabp was on "auto pilot" and ekg was showing up on screen.The iabp started alarming " high pressure" and was erratically inflating and deflating.All lines rechecked again from the patient to the pump.Noted nothing wrong.The helium line then flooded with blood.Patient was sent to the operating room to replace the balloon.Reference reports mw5117821, mw5117822, mw5117823, mw5117824, mw5117825, mw5117826, mw5117827.
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