The results of the investigation are inconclusive since the reported device was not returned for analysis.Based on the information received, the cause of the reported event could not be conclusively determined.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.Csi id# (b)(4).
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Following a coronary atherectomy procedure using a csi diamondback orbital atherectomy device (oad), it was reported that the patient expired.The target lesion was located in the left anterior descending artery (lad) near a previously placed stent.The lesion was treated with three passes of the oad on low speed.Following the third pass, decreased flow was noted in a diagonal branch near the lesion.Balloon angioplasty was performed in the lad and a stent was placed as part of the original procedure plan.An attempt was made to perform balloon angioplasty in the diagonal branch; however, the balloon would not advance past the previously placed lad stent.A balloon pump was inserted and the patient was observed.The patient presented with chest pain, which resolved.The evening following the procedure, the patient again presented with chest pain and a diagnostic cardiac catheterization was performed.The catheterization revealed that flow was present in the lad and the diagonal branch, and the patient was discharged.It was reported to csi that five days following the procedure the patient presented with an acute myocardial infarction.A cardiac catheterization was performed and found that the lad was completely occluded at the location of the previously placed stent.The patient entered cardiac arrest and expired.
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