It was reported that the procedure was to treat a mildly calcified, mildly tortuous, 80% stenosed lesion in the left anterior descending (lad) artery.
Resistance was met when advancing the 3.
0x23mm xience xpedition drug eluting stent (des) to the target lesion, and the des could not reach the target lesion.
After the des was removed from the anatomy, the shaft of the delivery system was noted to be separated into two pieces.
There was no adverse patient effect and no clinically significant delay in the procedure.
Another same size des was used to successfully complete the procedure.
No additional information was provided.
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