title: Ascent™: a novel balloon microcatheter device used as the primary coiling microcatheter of a basilar tip aneurysm.
abstract: Intracranial aneurysms undergoing balloon-assisted endovascular repair are particularly challenging given the concurrent use of one or more catheters in addition to the primary coiling microcatheter. Here, we describe a previously unreported novel device where a balloon catheter was used as the primary coiling microcatheter, thereby eliminated the need for additional catheters.
authors.affiliation: New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, JFK Medical Center, Edison, NJ 08818, USA. jkirmani@gmail.com
authors.forename: Jawad F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Kirmani
authors.forename: Ugo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Paolucci
mesh_terms: D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D057785:Catheters; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged