Clinical experience with Angiojet: a comprehensive review.
The development of various sophisticated mechanical thrombectomy devices and the amassed experience of physicians in minimal invasive therapy produced a paradigm shift in vascular access management toward percutaneous declotting procedures, using pharmaceutical thrombolysis, mechanical thrombectomy, balloon thrombectomy, and a combination of the above techniques. In this setting, in the last years, AngioJet™ (Possis, Minneapolis, MN, USA) rheolytic thrombectomy (RT) showed an increasing use in emergency and election patients. The purpose of this review is to present the current status of percutaneous rheolytic thrombectomy in different fields of applications.
Department of Radiology, Insubria University, Varese, Italy - gcarraf@gmail.com.
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Ierardi
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Xhepa
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Piffaretti
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Bacuzzi
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Tozzi
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Carbone
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Barile
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Squillaci
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Fonio
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Brunese
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Carrafiello
D006801:Humans; D065666:Mesenteric Ischemia / Q000601:surgery*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000601:surgery*; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome