Table 3. Key features of BADDASS.
1 | Triaxial setup (balloon guide catheter, large bore distal access catheter, microcatheter) |
2 | Distal placement of a long stent-retriever |
3 | Active push deployment |
4 | Removing and reloading the microcatheter |
5 | Applying traction to the stent wire |
6 | Releasing traction off the stent wire |
7 | Balloon inflation and double aspiration |
8 | Complete withdrawal of the stent-retriever–clot complex and distal access catheter |
Abbreviation: BADDASS, BAlloon guide with large bore Distal access catheter with Dual Aspiration with Stent-retriever as Standard approach.