It was reported that the procedure was performed to treat a heavily calcified, mildly tortuous left coronary artery.
A 2.
0x20mm otw nc trek balloon dilatation catheter was advanced over a balance middleweight universal guide wire with resistance noted.
The devices got twisted and subsequently got stuck with each other.
During removal, the guide wire tip separated.
The distal portion of the separated guide wire was simply removed with the nc trek as a single unit.
A new unspecified balloon catheter and guide wire were used to continue the procedure.
There were no adverse patient effects and no clinically significant delay in the procedure.
No additional information was provided.
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