The patient was brought to the cardiac catheterization laboratory.The patient was anticoagulated with a weight-based bolus of angiomax, followed by an infusion.The left anterior descending (lad) artery was approached with a 6 french 3.5 xb lad guiding catheter.A 0.014 verrata plus wire was zeroed outside the patient, then advanced with the transducer at the tip of the guiding catheter.At this point, the equipment indicated a "short." another wire was placed and demonstrated the same problems.The equipment was rebooted, and attempts made to bring it to a functioning status were unsuccessful.The procedure was then concluded, and angiomax infusion was terminated.The patient tolerated the procedure well and received hydralazine 10 mg iv, during the course of the case, for treatment of hypertension.The vendor was contacted and responded quickly.She replaced the defective wire and was available for several cases to be certain there were no further issues.
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