title: Minibasket for percutaneous embolectomy and filter protection against distal embolization: technical note.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Technical University of Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Günther
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vorwerk
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004617:Embolism / Q000628:therapy*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans