Brief factual description: (b)(6) patient was undergoing a coronary intervention in the cath lab.The distal tip of the orbital atherectomy catheter, called the nose cone, detached from the body of the catheter while in the right coronary artery (rca).After balloon dilation of the rca to alter the geometry of the vessel, the broken tip was retrieved on the wire that it was delivered over.All pieces of the fractured catheter were removed successfully, no foreign body remained in the patient.A stent was placed successfully in the proximal rca after removal of the atherectomy catheter.The patient had transient hemodynamic instability.Manufacturer response for diamondback 360 coronary atherectomy system, diamondback 360® coronary orbital atherectomy system (per site reporter).The company representative was on-site and likely received the device.
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