It was reported that during a peripheral orbital atherectomy procedure, a csi orbital atherectomy device (oad) got stuck in the patient and caused additional unplanned intervention.The target lesion was very calcified and was located in the anterior tibial (at) artery.The physician advanced a csi viperwire guide wire across the lesion and loaded the oad onto it.The physician successfully treated the proximal segment of the lesion and then advanced the oad to the distal segment.While treating the distal segment, the device got stuck at a sharp takeoff in the at artery.The physician attempted to remove the oad for 90 minutes, but was unsuccessful.At some point, the femoral access site developed a large internal arterial tear.Manual pressure was applied in an attempt to stop the bleeding, but the patient's blood pressure declined.A blood transfusion was performed, but the patient had a seizure at this point and expired.It could not be determined exactly what caused the bleeding at the access site.The oad was not removed from the patient before the patient expired.Additional information has been requested, but none has yet been received.
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