title: Hemodynamic evaluation during balloon test occlusion of the sigmoid sinus: clinical and technical considerations.
abstract: Test occlusion of a patent dural sinus requires careful hemodynamic evaluation. We performed balloon test occlusion of the sigmoid sinus in a patient with an advanced-stage temporal bone malignancy that affected the dominant sigmoid sinus. Before and during the test occlusion, intrasinus pressure was monitored upstream from the balloon via the inner lumen of a double-lumen angioplasty balloon microcatheter. On the basis of the hemodynamic findings, permanent balloon occlusion was carried out without complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ernemann
authors.forename: Hubert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Löwenheim
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Freudenstein
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koerbel
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heininger
authors.forename: Marcos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tatagiba
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D021721:Balloon Occlusion; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply*; D003392:Cranial Sinuses / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D018570:Risk Assessment; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014690:Venous Pressure / Q000502:physiology*