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It was reported that balloon rupture occurred.The patient presented with leg swelling and underwent venogram with bilateral stent and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (pta).The 80% stenosed target lesion was located in the mildly tortuous right common iliac vein (rciv).After deploying a 18x90 stent and a18x60 stent, a 18-6/5.8/75 xxl esophageal balloon catheter was advanced for dilatation.However, during the third inflation at 3 atmospheres for 10 seconds, the balloon ruptured.The device was removed and the procedure was completed with another of same device.No patient complications were reported.
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