PMID- 28754806 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180731 LR - 20181202 IS - 1759-8486 (Electronic) IS - 1759-8478 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 4 DP - 2018 Apr TI - Impact of balloon guide catheter on technical and clinical outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PG - 335-339 LID - 10.1136/neurintsurg-2017-013179 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Flow arrest with balloon guide catheters (BGCs) is becoming increasingly recognized as critical to optimizing patient outcomes for mechanical thrombectomy. And I could go on... CI - © Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted. FAU - Brinjikji, Waleed AU - Brinjikji W AD - Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. AD - Department of Neuroradiology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Pereira, Vitor M AU - Pereira VM AD - Department of Neuroradiology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. FAU - Kallmes, David F AU - Kallmes DF AD - Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Meta-Analysis PT - Review PT - Systematic Review DEP - 20170728 PL - England TA - J Neurointerv Surg JT - Journal of neurointerventional surgery JID - 101517079 SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Brain Ischemia/diagnostic imaging/*surgery MH - Clinical Trials as Topic/methods OTO - NOTNLM OT - mechanical thrombectomy OT - stroke EDAT- 2017/07/30 06:00 MHDA- 2018/08/01 06:00 CRDT- 2017/07/30 06:00 PHST- 2017/05/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/06/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/06/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/07/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/08/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/07/30 06:00 [entrez] AID - neurintsurg-2017-013179 [pii] AID - 10.1136/neurintsurg-2017-013179 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurointerv Surg. 2018 Apr;10(4):335-339. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2017-013179. Epub 2017 Jul 28.