Usefulness of the goose neck snare for holding the guiding catheter for carotid artery stenting

: A goose neck snare is a useful device not only for the retrieval of intravascular foreign bodies, such as detachable coils and catheter fragments, but also for holding a guiding catheter. In carotid artery stenting, the guiding catheter should be kept stable in the proximal of the stenotic lesion, but it is sometimes difficult because of the tortuousity of the proximal common carotid artery. We present a case of carotid artery stenting for proximal part common carotid artery stenosis and discuss the usefulness of the goose neck snare from the brachial artery for holding the guiding catheter.