title: Endovascular tools available for the treatment of cerebrovascular disease.
abstract: This article reviews essential neurointerventional tools approved in the United States, including catheters and wires, coils, flow diverters, balloons, stents, and devices for mechanical thrombectomy and thrombolysis. These devices are the result of decades of technical development; this article will also briefly trace the evolution of these devices, with an emphasis on the most influential developments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors.forename: Christoph J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Griessenauer
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Foreman
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Deveikis
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. Electronic address: mharrigan@uabmc.edu.
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Harrigan
mesh_terms: D057785:Catheters; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000295:instrumentation*
keywords: Angiography; Endovascular; Neurointervention