AJDRAJNR - American Journal of Neuroradiology

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via CrossRef
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Mathis, J. M.
Right arrow Articles by Zoarski, G.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Mathis, J. M.
Right arrow Articles by Zoarski, G.

American Journal of Neuroradiology, Vol 19, Issue 5 932-933, Copyright © 1998 by American Society of Neuroradiology

ARTICLES

Use of a guide catheter as a temporary stent during microcatheter intervention

JM Mathis and G Zoarski
Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

Placement of a guiding catheter through a tortuous, narrowed, or intrinsically small vessel may result in severe reduction or occlusion of blood flow. However, nonbraided guiding catheters can be simply modified with a catheter hole punch to create a temporary stent. The stent reestablishes blood flow, which is routed through the distal segment of the guiding catheter while maintaining the guide platform for the introduction of microcatheters and devices necessary to perform intervention.




Copyright © 2009 by the American Society of Neuroradiology. Print ISSN: 0195-6108 Online ISSN: 1936-959X