2. Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
3. Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN
4. The Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
5. Roy and Lucille J. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
6. Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
7. Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle, UK
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(CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) [1, 2] to facilitate guidewire manipulation and exchanges, and enhance their penetration force. Coronary MCs can be classified as high profile, low profile, angulated, dual lumen, and plaque-modifying [1]. Despite extensive clinical use, the failure modes of these devices have not been systematically studied. We queried the
“Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience” (MAUDE) database for reports on the most commonly used coronary MCs to better understand their failure modes.
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