It was reported that during cs300 intra-aortic balloon pump (iabp) 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catheter tubing (gas line) while insertion in to the right femoral artery , the intra-aortic balloon catheter (iabc) was retracted and was replaced with new iabc and the therapy was started.The patient later expired, but details of the patient's death was not provided to us.There was no reported malfunction of the iabp, and it is unknown if the facility is attributing the patient's death to the iabp.A separate report will be submitted for the involved iabc.
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