It was reported the stent was prematurely deployed.A contralateral approach was used to access the 95% stenosed, severely calcified and non-tortuous lesion within the superficial femoral artery (sfa).Pre-dilation was performed.A 5 x 150 x 130 innova was advanced over a 0.035 guidewire.The innova did not track well over the guidewire.Due to severe calcification, the stent was deployed above the desired location and the stent did not deploy uniformly.Another innova stent was used to complete the procedure.Post-dilation was performed.There were no patient complications and the patient was stable post procedure.
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