Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 745-747 , April 1999

Access to occluded infrainguinal bypass grafts with a loopsnare

Received 6 May 1998 ,Accepted 14 October 1998.

  • Image Result

    Opened loopsnare (arrow) is around 0.018-in guidewire in external iliac artery. Wire was introduced from bypass graft below.

    Opened loopsnare (arrow) is around 0.018-in guidewire in external iliac artery. Wire was introduced from bypass graft below.

  • Image Result

    After snare was closed around the wire, the wire was withdrawn into graft while snare and snare catheter were being advanced. Tip of snare catheter (arrow) is in bypass graft.

    After snare was closed around the wire, the wire was withdrawn into graft while snare and snare catheter were being advanced. Tip of snare catheter (arrow) is in bypass graft.

☆ Reprint requests: Dr Randall L. Siegel, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Department of Radiology, 1 Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08901.

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Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 745-747 , April 1999

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