Manufacturing review of the cormatrix ecm for carotid repair device history record could not be completed as the lot/serial number was not provided.The exact cause of the reported death cannot be conclusively determined.No further details are available at this time, should aziyo receive any additional details related to this event, a supplemental report will be filed.
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As part of the post market surveillance process, this single center study report published in journal of vascular medicine & surgery titled "effect of extracellular matrix patch on femoral artery after endartarectomy" was reviewed.The article summarizes the results of four (4) patients with peripheral artery disease (pad) involving stenosis of the common femoral artery with bifurcation.The specific product or size is not provided in the article, however likely treated with cormatrix ecm for carotid repair.Of the four patients treated, one (1) patient died two (2) days post-op due to cardiac arrest.The remaining three (3) patients were evaluated at one, three, and six months post-operatively with no reported complications.This report will focus on the reported death.This patient was treated with cormatrix ecm for carotid repair for pad via a femoral endartarectomy procedure.At two days post-op the patient died due to cardiac arrest.The article provided no additional details regarding this event.Follow-up attempts to contact the corresponding author have been unsuccessful and no details have been provided regarding specific product used and corresponding lot numbers.Should any additional information be received a follow-up report will be filed.
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