Use of a radial artery 'slender' sheath for facilitating transfemoral arterial access for neuroendovascular embolization in a very young infant. Issue 3 (June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Miao, Timothy L; Figueroa, Enriqueta Lucar; Bajunaid, Khalid; Mayich, Michael; de Ribaupierre, Sandrine; Pandey, Sachin K
• Is Part Of: Interventional neuroradiology. Volume 25:Issue 3(2019:Jun.)
• Page Start: 353
• Page End: 356
• Publication Date: 2019-06
• Subjects: Angiography -- catheter -- pediatrics -- technique; Nervous system -- Interventional radiology -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Radiography -- Periodicals; Nervous System Diseases -- Periodicals -- radiography; Neuroradiography -- Periodicals; Radiography, Interventional -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Radiography; Periodicals; 617.4805
• DOI: 10.1177/1591019918813212
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1591-0199

Abstract

Pediatric neuroendovascular procedures are increasingly performed as several studies have shown the safety of these interventions. In the literature, an upper limit of 4 French catheter size is conventionally used for femoral access in neuroangiography of very young infants. However, this constraint in luminal size may not allow for more complex procedures. We present the previously unreported use of a radial 5 French slender catheter with ultrathin walls for femoral access for aneurysm embolization in a 3-month-old boy presenting with left M2 aneurysm rupture.