It was reported that shaft break occurred.Vascular access was obtained via the right radial artery.The 25% stenosed, eccentric target lesion was an area of restenosis with a significant bend located in the left anterior descending artery (lad).Pre-intervention intravascular ultrasound (ivus) revealed fibrous and fibro lipid plaque in the lad and first diagonal artery (dg1).A percutaneous coronary intervention was performed with a 3.00 x 32 synergy drug-eluting stent (des) in the mid lad.However, it was noted that shaft was fractured for des in the mid lad.The fractured shaft was successfully removed by balloon trapping technique within the guide extension catheter.The bifurcation of the lad and dg1 was treated using a 4.00 x 20mm synergy des and in the proximal lad and a 2.50 x 12mm synergy des in the dg to complete the procedure.Post-intervention ivus revealed normal stent expansion with no malapposition and no edge stent dissection.No patient complications were reported and the patient was stable.
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