Embolectomy in a rabbit acute arterial occlusion model using a novel electromechanical extraction device. Academic Article

abstract

• A prototype endovascular electromechanical clot-extraction device was fabricated using a combination of shape memory polymer and shape memory nickel-titanium alloy (nitinol). Five embolic vascular occlusions were created in 4 rabbits by injecting thermally coagulated blood through a 4F catheter in the common carotid artery. Angiography immediately after clot injection showed complete or partial occlusion of the common carotid artery. Posttreatment angiography showed complete (2/5), partial (2/5), or no (1/5) restoration of blood flow.

authors

• Maitland, Duncan

published proceedings

• AJNR Am J Neuroradiol

author list (cited authors)

• Hartman, J., Small, W., Wilson, T. S., Brock, J., Buckley, P. R., Benett, W. J., Loge, J. M., & Maitland, D. J.

citation count

• 23

complete list of authors

• Hartman, J||Small, W||Wilson, TS||Brock, J||Buckley, PR||Benett, WJ||Loge, JM||Maitland, DJ

publication date

• May 2007

published in

• American Journal of Neuroradiology  Journal

keywords

• Acute Disease
• Alloys
• Animals
• Cerebral Angiography
• Disease Models, Animal
• Embolectomy
• Equipment Design
• Intracranial Embolism
• Polymers
• Rabbits

PubMed Central ID

• 17494660

start page

• 872

end page

• 874

volume

• 28

issue

• 5