VERSATILITY OF THE MICROVENA SNARE IN PEDIATRIC INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC-CATHETERIZATION

Improved catheter and device technology has allowed the practice of pe diatric interventional catheterization to expand in recent years. One such example of technologic advancement has been the development of an intravascular snare by Microvena (White Bear Lake, MN). We present th ree patients in which the snare was effectively used to perform defini tive transcatheter therapy and avoid the need of more invasive surgica l treatment, We believe that the snare device significantly decreased our fluoroscopic and procedural time and facilitated the effectiveness of the specific procedure. (C) 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.