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Leash Your Guiding Catheter: Or How to Obtain a Stable Catheter Position for Crossover Iliac Embolization Procedures

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We present a safe and quick technique for crossover embolization procedures of the internal iliac artery with high-profile guiding catheter systems, after a pull-through maneuver with establishment of a crossover catheter-snare system. The attached snare is used to stabilize and direct the guiding catheter.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Strasse 9, 24105, Kiel, Germany

    Philipp J. Schaefer, Nikolas Charalambous, Jens Trentmann, Fritz K. W. Schaefer, Martin Heller & Thomas Jahnke

  2. Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Strasse 7, 24105, Kiel, Germany

    Justus Gross & Markus Siggelkow

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Schaefer, P.J., Charalambous, N., Trentmann, J. et al. Leash Your Guiding Catheter: Or How to Obtain a Stable Catheter Position for Crossover Iliac Embolization Procedures. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 33, 583–585 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-009-9753-x

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