Steerable-wire technique using high-flow steerable microcatheter and 0.025-inch guidewire.

Mitsunari Maruyama1, Hisatoshi Araki1, Rika Yoshida1

  • 1Department of Radiology, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, P.O. Box 00693-8501, 89-1 Enya cho, Izumo shi, Japan.

Radiology Case Reports
|September 28, 2023
PubMed
Summary

The steerable-wire technique, combining a high-flow microcatheter and 0.025-inch guidewire, simplifies vessel selection in procedures like balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO). This method offers a versatile alternative to traditional 0.035-inch guidewires.