How to make a snare from coronary wire in cath lab

The video teaches on a white board how to make a snare from coronary wire. Please feel free to comment and give your suggestions and enhance the thread to help others

[@smtandel]

Thanks a lot. You saved me today, stent was dislodged from balloon on wire. Couldn't enter a sheath. Snare was not available in cath. Rapidly checked your video and shared it out. One tip is that take a L shaped cut on catheter tip. Remove the flap to increase cross sectional area.

[@highriskpci5004]

Glad it helped!

[@waheedashraf9612]

MashaAllah ..Great waqas bhai

[@hussanraza4010]

Great ma sha Allah

[@alwayurs2000]

How to go from sheath till aorta, without over the wire

[@highriskpci5004]

Great question, you will need 0.018 wire to get the catheter over to the location if using a 6F catheter otherwise you can use 0.035 wire for larger catheter sizes. The back end of the wire should already be through the guide catheter that you are using as a snare.

[@kzhraloz]

Was thinking the same

[@ikramahmed8262]

wire or anything which is to be retrieved will not enter into the guiding catheter. We have to pull out whole system. This can damage the vessel. Any solution for that?