Percutaneous coronary intervention of lcx and lad.Catheter was delivered to lcx, but no imaging performed.Resistance was felt when pulling catheter from lcx.Catheter may have been kinked.Second wire may have been present in lad.Catheter and guidewire pulled together into the guide catheter.Additional resistance felt when catheter and guidewire reached guide catheter.More force applied to retrieve catheter and guidewire.Distal opaque marker section of distal tip separated from catheter.All of catheter, guidewire, and guide catheter recovered from patient.No injury to patient.No treatment of patient due to imaging catheter malfunction.Angiogram unremarkable.
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