It was reported that a dissection occurred.The target lesion occurred in the superficial femoral artery (sfa).An 6 x 120, 130cm eluvia stent was deployed in the sfa.In a location above the eluvia, an angioplasty was then performed on the distal sfa with a 6 x 120mm, 90cm ranger balloon.Post angioplasty, a small dissection was noted.In an attempt to angioplasty the site of dissection, the same ranger balloon device was then used to pin the flap of the dissection down.The procedure was completed successfully.No patient complications resulted in relation to this event and the patient was expected to fully recover.
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