It was reported that during a coronary orbital atherectomy procedure, the patient experienced a dissection and a perforation.The target lesion was located in the proximal circumflex artery.The physician treated the lesion using a csi coronary viperwire guidewire and a csi orbital atherectomy device (oad).The physician completed two runs at low speed and one run at high speed.The post-atherectomy angiogram revealed a dissection at the site of treatment.The physician was able to get a balloon across the dissection and performed three inflations.He then re-introduced the csi oad into the patient and completed one more run.Follow-up balloon angioplasty was performed and a post-angioplasty angiogram revealed a perforation.The patient developed cardiac arrest and ventricular fibrillation.The patient was placed on cardiopulmonary bypass and transferred to the operating room.In the operating room, the patient underwent a median sternotomy and repair of the circumflex perforation.The patient was transferred to the cardiovascular icu in critical condition.On post-operative day #2, the patient was found to have diffuse encephalopathy and a poor prognosis for neurological recovery.The patient was extubated and expired on (b)(6) 2014.
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The device was discarded by the facility; therefore, an analysis of the actual complaint device is not possible.The device history record for this oad lot number has been reviewed.No issues or discrepancies were noted during this review that would have contributed to the reported event.The device met material, assembly, and quality control requirements.(b)(4).Discarded by facility.
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