PURPOSE To describe experience with 500 temporary balloon occlusions of the internal
carotid artery, with particular emphasis on the techniques and complications. METHODS …

PURPOSE To describe the technique of using SPECT brain blood flow imaging to identify
patients at risk for having strokes after balloon or surgical ligation of an internal carotid …

PURPOSE To evaluate the usefulness of provocative testing with hypotensive challenge
during balloon test occlusion of the internal carotid artery before carotid sacrifice and to …

PURPOSE To determine the clinical effectiveness of parent artery occlusion of the carotid or
vertebral artery by means of temporary proximal flow arrest and microcoils. METHODS …

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability of angiography-based
balloon test occlusion (BTO) criteria to decide whether to perform internal carotid artery (ICA) …

BACKGROUND Extensive experience and critical evaluation of the efficacy of a
pharmacologic hypotensive challenge during conventional balloon test occlusion (BTO) of …

OBJECTIVE: Validation of a new angiographic test occlusion protocol before carotid balloon
occlusion in patients with carotid aneurysms. METHODS: Carotid occlusion was considered …

We describe a technique to predict preoperatively the safety of permanently occluding an
internal carotid artery. The method was performed by imaging stable xenon cerebral blood …

PURPOSE Our objective was to evaluate the sensitivity of transcranial Doppler (TCD)
sonographic monitoring during permanent balloon occlusion of the internal carotid artery …

Abstract Treatment of some tumors and aneurysms of the skull base may require internal
carotid artery (ICA) sacrifice. Preoperatively to determine the dependence of the cerebral …