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It was reported that balloon deflation failure occurred.The target lesion was located in the left anterior descending artery.Following pre-dilation with a 3.0x15mm emerge balloon catheter at 12 atmospheres for 10 seconds, a 4.00 x 20mm synergy drug-eluting stent was advanced and deployed at 16 atmospheres for 20 seconds.However, during deflation, the stent balloon could not deflate.The device was pulled back into a 3.5 guide catheter but was still unable to deflate.The system was removed altogether and the procedure was completed.No patient complications were reported and patient's status was doing fine.
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