It was reported that stent fracture occurred.Vascular access was obtained via the femoral artery.The 90% stenosed, 16x4.00mm, concentric and the de novo target lesion was located in the mildly tortuous and mildly calcified left anterior descending artery.After a non-bsc guide wire crossed the lesion, predilation was performed with a non-bsc balloon catheter.A 4.00x16mm promus element plus drug-eluting stent was deployed in the lesion.However, after post dilation was performed using a 3.5x10mm nc non-bsc balloon catheter, the physician noted stent fracture in mid segment of the deployed stent.To cover the fractured stent, a short size stent was deployed and the procedure was completed.No further patient complications were reported and the patient's status was stable and responding well to medicines.
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