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Patient was taken to the operating room and placed on the table in the supine position.General anesthesia was induced; lines and monitoring devices were placed.Patient's chest was prepped and draped in the usual sterile fashion.When it was time to do the avr [aortic valve replacement], the aortic valve was inspected and there appeared to be a calcified lesion distorting the right coronary leaflet.Near the end of the avr, sutures were placed through the sewing cuff of the valve and fastened in place using cor-knots.However, the firing mechanism stopped at 8 and it stopped cutting wire.The device was exchanged for another one and the procedure was completed without any further incident.No patient harm.
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