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It was reported that the balloon ruptured.In a 99% stenosed moderately tortuous anatomy with severe calcification, a 6.0 x 100mm, 135 cm ranger paclitaxel-coated pta balloon catheter was selected for an endovascular therapy (evt) procedure in the superficial femoral artery (sfa) to treat peripheral arterial disease (pad).After one inflation for 3 minutes, the balloon ruptured at 6 atm pressure.The balloon was removed without any problem.There were no patient complications, and the case was completed with a different device of the same model.
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