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Balloon-assisted guide catheter positioning to overcome extreme cervical carotid tortuosity: technique and case experience

BACKGROUND AND SIGNIFICANCE: We describe a method by which to efficiently and atraumatically achieve distal positioning of a flexible guiding catheter beyond extreme cervical tortuosity using a hypercompliant temporary occlusion balloon. METHODS: A retrospective review of a prospective neuroendovasc...

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Autores principales: Peeling, Lissa, Fiorella, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3933180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23471076
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2013-010655