Endovascular tools available for the treatment of cerebrovascular disease

Christoph J Griessenauer; Paul Foreman; John P Deveikis; Mark R Harrigan

doi:10.1016/j.nec.2014.04.001

Endovascular tools available for the treatment of cerebrovascular disease

Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2014 Jul;25(3):387-94. doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2014.04.001. Epub 2014 Jun 2.

Authors

Christoph J Griessenauer¹, Paul Foreman¹, John P Deveikis¹, Mark R Harrigan²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
² Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. Electronic address: mharrigan@uabmc.edu.

PMID: 24994078
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2014.04.001

Abstract

This article reviews essential neurointerventional tools approved in the United States, including catheters and wires, coils, flow diverters, balloons, stents, and devices for mechanical thrombectomy and thrombolysis. These devices are the result of decades of technical development; this article will also briefly trace the evolution of these devices, with an emphasis on the most influential developments.

Keywords: Angiography; Endovascular; Neurointervention.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Catheters
Cerebrovascular Disorders / surgery*
Cerebrovascular Disorders / therapy
Endovascular Procedures / instrumentation*
Humans
Stents
Thrombectomy / instrumentation*