Distal splenic artery embolization with a flow-directed balloon catheter.
We describe the improved ability to catheterize the distal splenic artery consistently using a flexible, flow-directed, 5-F, Swan-Ganz catheter so as to embolize the spleen beyond any pancreatic branch origins to achieve the safe treatment of hypersplenism.
D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006971:Hypersplenism / Q000628:therapy*; D013157:Splenic Artery