Carotid Artery Stenting Using the Walrus Balloon Guide Catheter With Flow Reversal for Proximal Embolic Protection: Technical Description and Single-Center Case Series.

Justin M CappuzzoAndre MonteiroMuhammad WaqasAmmad A BaigDaniel O PopoolaFaisal AlmaymanWasiq I KhawarZoe G FarkashJason M DaviesAdnan H SiddiquiElad I LevyKenneth V Snyder

Published in: Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) (2022)

In our experience, this technique was safe, feasible, and efficient, with 100% technical success and no periprocedural thromboembolic complications. More extensive studies are needed to establish the role of proximal protection with flow reversal using modern BGCs.

Keyphrases

percutaneous coronary intervention
antiplatelet therapy
risk factors
case control
acute coronary syndrome