The concept of therapeutic occlusion of arteries to and in the brain is old, with Cooper
describing a carotid artery ligation performed in 1805, 1 and Matas, a vertebral artery …

Abrupt interruption of the internal carotid artery without a balloon test occlusion (BTO) carries
a 26% risk of cerebral infarction. BTO is a test used to decrease this risk by evaluating the …

Background A perfusion study should be performed during the balloon occlusion test (BOT)
to prevent ischemic events after therapeutic carotid occlusion. We evaluated the efficacy of X …

Objective: Permanent therapeutic occlusion of the carotid artery is one of the treatment
options for patients with a large/giant internal carotid artery aneurysm or tumor involving the …

The balloon occlusion test (BOT) of the internal carotid artery (ICA), combined with induced
hypoten sion and cerebral blood flow (CBF) mapping, was carried out in three patients with …

We would like to respond to the three articles in the Nov/Dec issue of AJNR (1-3) concerning
the use of cerebral blood flow (CBF) studies with Tc-99m HMPAO SPECT as an aid for …

Background Balloon test occlusion is a widely used method for predicting tolerance of
vessel occlusion in the treatment of aneurysms, fistulae, and head and neck neoplasms …

Object. Balloon occlusion tests (BOTs) are performed to identify patients who are at risk for
ischemia and stroke following permanent internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion. The object …

Permanent occlusion of cervical vessels is a solution to many vascular diseases and has
been practiced for almost 200 years. John Hunter pioneered ligation as a therapeutic …

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 …