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Radial Artery Access for Treatment of Posterior Circulation Aneurysms Using the Pipeline Embolization Device: Case
Eytan Raz1, Maksim Shapiro1, Razvan Buciuc2
1Department of Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York.
Background:
The treatment of selected wide-neck and fusiform posterior circulation aneurysms is challenging for clipping as well as for endovascular route.
Objective:
To describe an endovascular approach for vertebral artery aneurysm treatment using transradial access (TRA) instead of the conventional transfemoral access.
Methods:
We collected cases from two institutions in which TRA was used for posterior circulation Pipeline Embolization Device (Medtronic, Dublin, Ireland) deployment.
Results:
A total of four patients were treated. TRA was useful in the setting of extreme vessel tortuosity. We utilized 5F Terumo Glidesheath (Terumo Medical, Somerset, New Jersey), intermediate catheter, and a 027 microcatheter for Pipeline deployment. TRA was not associated with any access or deployment difficulties.
Conclusions:
Early experience suggests that TRA for Pipeline Embolization Device placement for posterior circulation aneurysm is a safe and efficient alternative to standard transfemoral access. While this approach was initially applied to patients with vascular anatomy that may not allow for safe femoral access or navigation, experience so far argues for considering a radial approach towards some posterior circulation aneurysm treatment.
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