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Ascent™: a novel balloon microcatheter device used as the primary coiling microcatheter of a basilar tip aneurysm
Jawad F Kirmani1, Ugo Paolucci
1New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, JFK Medical Center, Edison, NJ 08818, USA. jkirmani@gmail.com
Abstract:
Intracranial aneurysms undergoing balloon-assisted endovascular repair are particularly challenging given the concurrent use of one or more catheters in addition to the primary coiling microcatheter. Here, we describe a previously unreported novel device where a balloon catheter was used as the primary coiling microcatheter, thereby eliminated the need for additional catheters.

