Physician was attempting to use hawkone directional atherectomy along with non-medtronic 7fr sheath, guidewire and a 6.
0 spider embolic protection during procedure to treat a severely calcified lesion in the proximal common iliac artery and common femoral artery with 80% stenosis.
The vessel was severely tortuous.
Procedural stroke cineradiography images provided.
The vessel was pre and post dilated.
Ifu was followed.
The device was unable to cross.
There was severe resistance felt during third advancement.
Another hawkone device was able to cross.
It was reported that physician used a non-medtronic 4.
0x80mm pta balloon for pre dilatation to prepare the lesion for the delivery channel of hawk debulking afterwards.
When physician tried third advancement of hawkone-ls and felt moderate to severe resistance, however hawkone catheter finally crossed the target lesion.
But when he tried to do the forth advancement, hawkone catheter was totally stuck in y connector, he gently and slowly pulled hawkone catheter out from y connector, but the nosecone was damaged and separated from the catheter.
Physician then tried another smaller model of hawkone (6fr compartible) and finally debulked most of the calcified lesion and used inpact pacific 7.
0 x 80mm to complete the procedure.
No patient injury.
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