Aspiration catheter for percutaneous thrombectomy: clinical results.

Guenther, R W; Vorwerk, D · Radiology · 1990

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

The clinical application of an aspiration thrombectomy system is presented. The system consists of a 7-F Teflon catheter with a rotating coaxial propeller-tipped wire. Thrombectomy was successful in treating occlusion of two femoropopliteal arteries and one hemodialysis implant but was not completely successful in a draining shunt vein. Preliminary results are encouraging; mechanical thrombectomy may offer an alternative to local lysis therapy.

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