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Separation of a flexible nose cone tip during directional atherectomy
1Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
|July 1, 1995
Abstract:
An 82-yr-old white female underwent directional coronary atherectomy of a high-grade proximal left anterior artery stenosis. The nose cone tip of a Simpson Atherocath SCA-EX separated during loading of the device onto a 360-cm exchange wire. This was recognized prior to insertion through a rotating hemostatic valve and exchanged for another device. Catheterization laboratory policy regarding defective devices is briefly discussed.