Injury Potential to Venous Valves from the Amplatz Thrombectomy Device

• Published in: Journal of vascular and interventional radiology Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 64 - 69
• Main Authors: Sharafuddin, Melhem J.A., Gu, Xiaoping, Han, Young-Min, Urness, Myra, Gunther, Roland, Amplatz, Kurt
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 1999
• Subjects: Animals; Anticoagulants - administration & dosage; Axillary Vein - diagnostic imaging; Axillary Vein - injuries; Axillary Vein - pathology; Catheterization - adverse effects; Catheterization - instrumentation; Chi-Square Distribution; Collagen; Dogs; Endothelium, Vascular - injuries; Endothelium, Vascular - pathology; Equipment Design; Femoral Vein - diagnostic imaging; Femoral Vein - injuries; Femoral Vein - pathology; Fibrin; Fixatives; Formaldehyde; Hemorrhage - pathology; Heparin - administration & dosage; Phlebography; Saphenous Vein - diagnostic imaging; Saphenous Vein - injuries; Saphenous Vein - pathology; Surface Properties; Thrombectomy; Thrombectomy - adverse effects; Thrombectomy - instrumentation; Thrombosis, venous; Veins, valves; ATD; Thrombectomy; Veins, valves; DVT; PMT; Thrombosis, venous

To evaluate the acute effects of the Amplatz thrombectomy device (ATD) on peripheral venous valves in a canine model. ATD thrombectomy was performed in 17 veins, and control experiments with use of an 8-F sheath-dilator were performed in four veins. Prethrombectomy ascending venography was performed...