A sentrant sheath was used in the endovascular treatment of a patient.It was reported that after successful heart valve implantation, there was massive femoral haemorrhage after removal of the 20 fr sentrant sheath.The physician was unable to control the bleeding by direct manual pressure application and the patient died.As per the physician the cause of the event was related to the patients obesity.It was noted that the bleeding was not associated with any mdt products used in the procedure.No additional clinical sequelae were reported.
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