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Minibasket for percutaneous embolectomy and filter protection against distal embolization: Technical note

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As an alternative approach to thrombectomy in peripheral arteries, a miniaturized Dormia basket was designed which is attached to a 0.021 inch guidewire and can be introduced coaxially by a 3F thin-walled catheter. The device was applied successfully in 6 patients: for percutaneous thrombectomy in 5 patients with peripheral embolization during angioplasty and as a protective filter during thrombectomy in 1.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Technology Aachen, Pauwelstrasse, D-5100, Aachen, Germany

    Rolf W. Günther M.D. & Dierk Vorwerk

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Günther, R.W., Vorwerk, D. Minibasket for percutaneous embolectomy and filter protection against distal embolization: Technical note. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 14, 195–198 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02577730

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