It was reported, that a death occurred.The 80% stenosed target lesion was located in the moderately tortuous, and mildly calcified left anterior descending coronary artery.A 20 x 2.75mm promus elite drug-eluding stent was implanted with no issues reported.The patient expired post procedure, but the physician considered, the death as unlikely related to the device.It was further reported, that the patient presented to the emergency room with severe angina with shock.And pulmonary edema with symptoms lasting approximately six hours.She was diagnosed with an anterior wall myocardial infarction and thrombolysed elsewhere unsuccessfully.She was taken to the cath lab for percutaneously coronary intervention, where she underwent angioplasty in the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery.Slow flow was obtained.The patient's hemodynamics failed to improve.And she died two days later, due to refractory shock, pulmonary edema and renal shutdown.
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