[Evaluation of transcatheter arterial embolization with coaxial microcatheter and micro-coil for vascular lesions]

Nihon Igaku Hoshasen Gakkai Zasshi. 1992 Apr 25;52(4):452-60.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Transcatheter arterial embolization using a coaxial microcatheter and micro-coil was performed in eight patients with vascular lesions; one each with aneurysm of the basilar artery, cerebellar artery, and pancreatic artery, pseudoaneurysm of the common hepatic artery, gastroduodenal artery, and gluteal artery, carotid-cavernous fistula, and thoracic paraspinal arteriovenous malformation. Complete occlusion was achieved in five patients with aneurysm and pseudoaneurysm by occluding the aneurysmal cavity and/or the orifice. A patient with recurrent carotid-cavernous fistula was also completely embolized. A case of basilar artery aneurysm resulted in partial occlusion because the posterior cerebral artery originated from the aneurysm. The unsatisfactory result in a case of paraspinal AVM was due to its wide extension with multiple feeding arteries. No apparent complication was seen. In conclusion, super-selective arterial embolization therapy with coaxial microcatheter and micro-coils was found to be a useful method for vascular lesions that would have been technically difficult to embolize with the standard catheter and coils.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aneurysm / therapy*
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / therapy
  • Arteriovenous Malformations / therapy
  • Catheterization
  • Child
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Stainless Steel

Substances

  • Stainless Steel