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Joseph L. Curry, MD
Easton Hospital Easton, Pa

JAMA. 1970;211(13):2156.

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To the Editor.—

Falchuk et al (210:1594, 1969) described a snare-type of instrument for the nonsurgical removal of detached catheter fragments from within the cardiovascular system. The instrument consists of a folded guide wire which is passed through a catheter. The folded guide wire then protrudes from the end of the catheter and is used as a snare to retrieve catheter fragments.

Such an instrument has been commercially available since October 1968, having been fabricated for me by Cook, Inc., Bloomington, Ind. This was the basis of an article describing this instrument and its usage.¹ The concept seems to have some merit, and I know of several instances where broken catheter fragments have been successfully removed from the right side of the heart, using the instrument described.²

This concept is so fundamental, it is difficult to believe that many angiographers have not used some modification of it. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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