Abstract
Balloon angioplasty in calcified coronary lesions may have a decreased success rate and an increased incidence of complications. Previous cases have been reported on the phenomena of catheter or wire entrapment, but this report highlights a new problem in association with a calcified stenoses. This case lead to the unusual problem of the inflated balloon being entrapped within the lesion while the distal portion of the balloon remained inflated even after balloon deflation.
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