title: Applications of the Amplatz snare device during interventional radiologic procedures.
abstract: The Amplatz gooseneck snare (Microvena, St. Paul, MN) is a recently developed device for the percutaneous removal of intravascular foreign bodies [1-5] (Fig. 1). In the past several years, various other applications of this snare system have been devised for placing, replacing, repositioning, or removing guidewires, catheters, and other devices during interventional procedures. The Amplatz gooseneck snare, which has been described [1], comes in a variety of loop sizes and is provided with either 4- or 6-French guiding catheters, although substitution with any of several soft, blunt-tipped guiding catheters is possible [5]. The principal advantage of the Amplatz snare over past systems is that the loop is at a right angle to the catheter, easing the capture of foreign bodies, devices, or catheters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic, Minneapolis 55455-0392, USA.
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Nazarian
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bjarnason
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Stackhouse
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Dietz
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Hunter
mesh_terms: D001808:Blood Vessels; D002404:Catheterization; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D015607:Stents; D014513:Ureter; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy