Abstract
The transluminal endarterectomy catheter (TEC) system was employed as a percutaneous rotational mechanical thrombectomy device in 1-week-old thrombi in five dogs (five thrombosed polytetraflu-oroethylene grafts and four thrombosed native superficial femoral arteries). Luminal patency was restored in all vessels with no angiographic evidence of significant distal embolization. The TEC catheter was also successfully used for recanalization of the superior vena cava in a patient with superior vena cava syndrome.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 343-347 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 1991 |
Keywords
- Arteries, extremities, 922.458
- Arteries, grafts and prostheses, 922.458
- Arteries, stenosis or obstruction, 922.458, 922.4522
- SVC
- TEC
- Thrombectomy, 922.1299
- Venae cavae, stenosis or obstruction, 946.751
- Venae cavae, thrombosis, 946.751
- superior vena cava
- transluminal endarterectomy catheter
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine