PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ulrike Ernemann
AU  - Hubert Löwenheim
AU  - Dirk Freudenstein
AU  - Andrei Koerbel
AU  - Alexandra Heininger
AU  - Marcos Tatagiba
TI  - Hemodynamic Evaluation during Balloon Test Occlusion of the Sigmoid Sinus: Clinical and Technical Considerations
DP  - 2005 Jan 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 179--182
VI  - 26
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/26/1/179.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/26/1/179.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2005 Jan 01; 26
AB  - Summary: Test occlusion of a patent dural sinus requires careful hemodynamic evaluation. We performed balloon test occlusion of the sigmoid sinus in a patient with an advanced-stage temporal bone malignancy that affected the dominant sigmoid sinus. Before and during the test occlusion, intrasinus pressure was monitored upstream from the balloon via the inner lumen of a double-lumen angioplasty balloon microcatheter. On the basis of the hemodynamic findings, permanent balloon occlusion was carried out without complications.