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Balloon Embolectomy  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The use of balloon CATHETERS to remove emboli by retraction of the balloon that is inflated behind the EMBOLUS. The use of a Fogarty catheter, a type of balloon catheter that was invented to perform an EMBOLECTOMY by pulling the embolism out of the blood vessel by retraction of the inflated balloon behind it.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-CHBB6GTB-0

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