Placing the balloon-guide catheter in the high cervical segment of the internal carotid artery is associated with improved recanalization.
Manuel MoreuCarlos Gómez-EscalonillaSalvador MiralbesBharath NaravetlaAlejandro M SpiottaChristian LoehrMario Martínez-GaldámezRyan A McTaggartLuc DefreynePedro VegaOsama O ZaidatLori Lyn PriceDavid S LiebeskindMarkus A MöhlenbruchRishi GuptaSantiago Rosatinull nullPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2024)
Placing the distal end of the BGC at the high cervical segment or higher is associated with better recanalization.