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It was reported that a shaft break occurred.The 70% stenosed target lesion was located in a non-calcified circumflex artery which had an angulated take off.A 3.00mm x 20mm emerge balloon catheter was introduced for dilatation.Difficulty was encountered while advancing the balloon and after a lot of struggling, the balloon shaft was broke about 1/3 of the way from the hub, outside of the body.A non-boston scientific (bsc) balloon was used next with the aid of a guidezilla extension catheter.The procedure was completed with bsc balloons.There were no patient complications nor injuries reported.
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