It was reported that during intra-aortic balloon (iab) therapy, blood was seen in the catheter tubing (gas line) while insertion in to the right femoral artery, the intra-aortic balloon catheter (iabc) was retracted and was replaced with new iabc and the therapy was started.This report is for the 2nd iab used, which had no reported malfunction.A separate report will be submitted for the first involved iabc that malfunctioned.The patient later expired, but details of the patient's death was not provided to us.
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