PATIENT UNDERWENT AN ABLATION PROCEDURE. THE PROCEDURE WENT WELL AND THE PATIENT WAS IN SINUS RHYTHM AT THE END OF THE PROCEDURE. THE FOLLOWING MORNING, THE PATIENT HAD A DENSE STROKE AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE A LARGE CEREBRAL HEMATOMA ON CT. THE PATIENT, DURING THE DAY, BECAME PROGRESSIVELY SICKER WITH CEREBRAL EDEMA AND CLONE.
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DEVICE HISTORY RECORD OF ALL DEVICE LOTS SOLD TO HOSPITAL WERE REVIEWED - NO ISSUES WERE FOUND. ROOT CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED DUE TO THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED. ACCORDING TO DISCUSSIONS DURING THE INVESTIGATION, THE PATIENT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE PROPER ANTI-COAGULATION MEDICINE.