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INTRA‐ARTERIAL APPROACH TO INTERNAL CAROTID ANEURYSMS: PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE CONCEPT AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES
Author(s) -
COOPER I. S.,
SAMRA K.,
YAGHMAI M.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1968.tb00748.x
Subject(s) - medicine , internal carotid artery , balloon , aneurysm , cannula , radiology , arterial wall , surgery , cardiology
Absteact: Studies were made on human cadavers and on living dogs whereby the bleeding of experimental aneurysms of the internal carotid artery was stopped by distending a balloon at the mouth of the aneurysm. The balloon was introduced intra‐arterially at a point distant from the aneurysm and guided to the bleeding site via a system of catheters. Although many obvious technical problems remain to be surmounted, these preliminary observations support the feasibility of an intra‐arterial approach to the therapy of aneurysms of the internal carotid artery. The concept of temporary occlusion of the aneurysmal mouth by intra‐arterial inflation of a cannula‐borne balloon merits further investigation.