Transfer of a self-expanding stent to a braided microcatheter with the aid of transcatheter illumination: technical report and illustrative case.
A new self-expanding stent approved for the treatment of wide-necked intracranial aneurysms can be difficult to deploy in tortuous vascular anatomy. Some of the difficulty may be attributed to deformation of the delivery microcatheter. We describe a technique for transferring the stent into a braided microcatheter.
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D017755:Prosthesis Fitting; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020217:Vertebral Artery Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*