Why we were not able to liberate this prosthesis?
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Why we were not able to liberate this prosthesis?
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The paddles are not housed properly in the cap. And that what made the valve crimp and failed to release in the second image . A solution like this is to retrieve the whole system, and leave the wire in place, wash the valve rapidly with warm saline and then reload the valve with proper flouro checks.