Double micro-guide-wire technique to facilitate microcatheter navigation through tortuous intracranial vasculature

G Trasimeni1, F Laurino1, D Lamusta2

  • 1Neuroradiology Unit, University of Rome "Sapienza", S.Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy.

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