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Endovascular Revascularization of an Unfavorable Type of Chronically Occluded Internal Carotid Artery Using a Balloon Guide Catheter

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Abbreviations

CCA:

Common carotid artery

COICA:

Chronically occluded internal carotid artery

CTA:

Computed tomography angiography

DSA:

Digital subtraction angiography

ICA:

Internal carotid artery

MCA:

Middle cerebral artery

MRA:

Magnetic resonance angiography

NCCT:

Non-contrast computed tomography

NIHSS:

National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale

PACI:

Partial anterior circulation infarct

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    André Araújo, Francisca Guimarães, André Miguel Miranda, Marta Rodrigues, Sérgio Castro & Manuel Ribeiro

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A. Araújo, F. Guimarães, A.M. Miranda, M. Rodrigues, S. Castro and M. Ribeiro declare that they have no competing interests.

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The study was approved by the ethics committee (CES 151/2021). Written informed patient consent to participate in the study was waived by the ethics committee because of the retrospective nature of the study. Written informed patient consent to publication was waived by the ethics committee.

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Araújo, A., Guimarães, F., Miranda, A.M. et al. Endovascular Revascularization of an Unfavorable Type of Chronically Occluded Internal Carotid Artery Using a Balloon Guide Catheter. Clin Neuroradiol 33, 565–568 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-022-01259-7

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