A technical aid for the difficult embolectomy.
Occasionally an embolectomy cannot be performed because of failure of the catheter to pass beyond the embolus. We employ a technique that overcomes this problem when it is due to a holdup of the catheter in a branch orifice or atheromatous recess.
D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans