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The investigation for the reported delivery issue has been completed.The impella device was not received from the customer and therefore, an evaluation of the device was not possible.However, clinical details provided were sufficient to determine a root cause.The root cause of the delivery issues was most likely due to patient condition.As noted in the impella ifu: impella cp with smart assist system: section: potential adverse events (united states) ¿acute renal dysfunction, aortic valve injury, bleeding, cardiogenic shock, cerebral vascular accident/stroke, death, hemolysis, limb ischemia, myocardial infarction, renal failure, thrombocytopenia and cardiac or vascular injury (including ventricular perforation).¿ section: warnings, cautions & precautions: ¿to reduce the possibility of fibers being drawn into the impella, customers should avoid exposing the inlet and cannula section of the impella heart pumps to any surfaces or fluid baths where the device can come into contact with loose or floating fibers.¿ this report is being filed as part of a retrospective review of historical records.
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