According to the initial reporter, patient was in interventional radiology for ir thrombolysis therapy and angiogram.During the procedure a zilver ptx 6mmx 40mm stent was used and it prematurely deployed.While this stent was bring retracted, using the filter and the filter wire, part of the stent sheared off near the left common femoral artery access site.Ct was ordered to determine exact location of sheared off site.Per ct: no definite intravascular foreign body is visualized.Questionable hyperdense fractured stent material surrounding the sheath.Patient was subsequently transferred to (b)(6) (account (b)(6) ) in the event further intervention was required.
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