Use of the 8 French Simmons-2 guide catheter for carotid artery stent placement in patients with difficult aortic arch anatomy: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 437-441

  Chang, Feng Chi ^a,b   Tummala, Ramachandra P ^c,d,f   Jahromi, Babak S ^d,f   Samuelson, Rodney M ^d,f   Siddiqui, Adnan H ^d,e,f   Levy, Elad I ^d,e,f   Hopkins, L Nelson ^d,e,f  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^f Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

8 Fr Simmons 2 guide catheter; Carotid artery stent placement; Complex arch anatomy

Indexed keywords

8 FRENCH SIMMONS 2 CATHETER; ADULT; ANATOMY; AORTA ARCH; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CAROTID ARTERY; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; VASCULAR ACCESS; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; CATHETERIZATION; HISTOLOGY; THORACIC AORTA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA, THORACIC; CAROTID ARTERIES; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STENTS;

EID: 63849141613     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.7.17627     Document Type: Article

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