PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hartman, J.
AU  - Small, W.
AU  - Wilson, T.S.
AU  - Brock, J.
AU  - Buckley, P.R.
AU  - Benett, W.J.
AU  - Loge, J.M.
AU  - Maitland, D.J.
TI  - Embolectomy in a Rabbit Acute Arterial Occlusion Model Using a Novel Electromechanical Extraction Device
DP  - 2007 May 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 872--874
VI  - 28
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/28/5/872.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/28/5/872.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2007 May 01; 28
AB  - SUMMARY: A prototype endovascular electromechanical clot-extraction device was fabricated using a combination of shape memory polymer and shape memory nickel-titanium alloy (nitinol). Five embolic vascular occlusions were created in 4 rabbits by injecting thermally coagulated blood through a 4F catheter in the common carotid artery. Angiography immediately after clot injection showed complete or partial occlusion of the common carotid artery. Posttreatment angiography showed complete (2/5), partial (2/5), or no (1/5) restoration of blood flow.