title: Aspiration catheter for percutaneous thrombectomy: clinical results.
abstract: The clinical application of an aspiration thrombectomy system is presented. The system consists of a 7-F Teflon catheter with a rotating coaxial propeller-tipped wire. Thrombectomy was successful in treating occlusion of two femoropopliteal arteries and one hemodialysis implant but was not completely successful in a draining shunt vein. Preliminary results are encouraging; mechanical thrombectomy may offer an alternative to local lysis therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Technical University of Aachen, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Guenther
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vorwerk
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D013396:Suction / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000601:surgery*