We report three recent cases in which there was intravascular loss of the entire guide wire. In one case, this loss was discovered more than three months after the patient's procedure. In another case, the loss was detected one month later, and in the third case, four days was the interval of the loss. We discuss the problems of human error and failure of diagnosis, both of which were responsible for serious sequelae.
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Pan Afr Med J
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Institut de la Santé et du Développement, Université Cheikh Anta DIOP de Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal.
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Lund University, Department of Physics, Lund, Sweden.
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