Study Rundown: The use of balloon guide catheters during endovascular thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke caused by large vessel occlusion remains controversial. Conventional guide catheters are ...

In the following, we review the literature concerning characteristics and technical aspects of CA (with or without PCI) for the different valve types, e.g., balloon-expandable ... coronary engagement ...

Individuals who have a breathing tube, have venous access (such as an IV or central line), a foley catheter or have been recently treated ... Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization: an update on ...

Balloon angioplasty, also known as percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA), is a minimally invasive procedure done to widen narrowed or obstructed blood vessels. The procedure accesses a blood ...

The inflated balloon seals and fixes the catheter tip safely in the coronary sinus. The manual inflation version has a third lumen for filling the balloon manually.

Drug Delivery From ATK to BTK: What Is on the Horizon? With moderator Ramon L. Varcoe, MBBS, MS, FRACS, PhD, MMed(ClinEpi), and panelists Marianne Brodmann, MD; Osamu ...

This abstract summarizes our clinical experiences and observations using balloon guide catheters (BGCs) in treating ischemic stroke through the radial artery. Our experience is based on a series of ...

Of importance is placement of the distal end of balloon-guided catheters (BGC). We aim to determine if this influences outcomes. Methods We analyzed data from the ASSIST Registry, an international, ...

Background The balloon-assisted sinus protection technique has been described as a sinus-preserving technique during transarterial embolization (TAE) of dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs). However, ...