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. 1998 Apr;19(4):778-80.

Advancing loop technique for endovascular access to the anterior cerebral artery.

V B Graves 1
PMCID: PMC8337388  PMID: 9576673

Abstract

Direct endovascular access to the anterior cerebral artery (ACA) with a guidewire and catheter is not always possible. A C-shaped guidewire advanced as a loop into the middle cerebral artery and then withdrawn to advance the guidewire into the ACA is a way to gain endovascular access to the ACA when the direct approach is unsuccessful.

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