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Direct Carotid Puncture for Flow Diverter Stent Insertion

Bhogal P*, Phillips TJ and Makalanda HLD

Published: 30 June, 2017 | Volume 1 - Issue 1 | Pages: 024-028

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The common carotid artery was punctured using a micropuncture kit and under direct ultrasound guidance. The wire was initially tracked into the ECA to prevent damaging the ICA. The sheath was then tracked in the ICA with help from angiography via the common femoral catheter (Figure 2a). Once the 4Fr neck sheath was secure in the ICA a Marksman catheter was navigated into the M1 segment of the middle cerebral artery and 3 PED’s were deployed using a telescoping technique.

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