title: Peripheral transcatheter embolization with platinum microcoils.
abstract: Embolotherapy with platinum microcoils delivered through the Tracker-18 microcatheter (Target Therapeutics, San Jose, Calif) was performed in 16 patients when peripheral superselective catheterization with standard angiographic catheters was not possible. The Tracker-18 catheter could be directed distally into small peripheral vessels for delivery of the microcoils. These microcoils, with attached fiber strands, resulted in vascular occlusion within a few minutes in all cases. Embolotherapy was technically successful in all patients. The procedures were clinically successful in 15 of 16 patients (94%), and no complications were encountered. Embolization with platinum microcoils through the Tracker-18 catheter is useful when standard methods of embolization are not possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Kaufman
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Zuckerman
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Silverstein
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Barton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010984:Platinum; D015607:Stents
chemical_list: D010984:Platinum