While being used inside the patient by the physician, the end of the device was found to be separated from the whole.The distal piece was briefly retained, but able to be retrieved by the physician endovascularly.While performing the procedure, the physician elected to use the volcano ivus system with pioneer-plus intravascular us guided re-entry catheter.While using the device, it was identified that the distal end had come apart from the device itself and was located inside the patient.The physician was able to use an endovascular snare to retrieve the retained distal end from inside the patient.The complete removal of any remaining pieces was verified under fluoro x-ray.The device and all the pieces were removed from the sterile field and put in a package for reporting.
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