The account alleges that during and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty [ptca] procedure, the (b)(6)-year-old patient coded and expired.The physician had acquired retrograde arterial access to successfully deploy a coronary stent.During the procedure, the catheter tip detached within the renal artery branch.The physician attempted unsuccessfully to remove the detached catheter tip from the patient.A renal ultrasound was ordered and completed successfully.The patient became hypotensive, the physician administered noradrenalin to increase the patients' blood pressure / volume.The ekg demonstrated st-elevation and ventricular tachycardia arrhythmia.The physician urgently performed an additional angiogram attempting to identify the culprit occlusion.Acute stent thrombosis was evident.The patient coded and acls protocol was directed for approximately 35min.Sudden cardiac arrest (sca) was confirmed.
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