title: Balloon-assisted coiling through a single 6F guiding catheter.
abstract: The new version of the 6F Envoy guiding catheter, with its enlarged inner diameter of 0.070 inch, is capable of simultaneously accommodating both a 0.014-inch microcatheter and a balloon microcatheter for balloon-assisted coiling (BAC). We report our experience using this guiding catheter for access in BAC in 48 patients. The guiding catheter allowed for easy manipulations of 2 microcatheters, while providing sufficient quality of control angiograms during the procedure. In cases in which BAC is indicated, a larger guiding catheter (7F) or the commonly used bifemoral approach is no longer necessary, making the procedure technically simpler for the operator and less traumatic to the vessel wall.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Luzardo
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gal
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000628:therapy*