Balloon Guide Catheters: To Inflate or not to Inflate?

World Neurosurg

Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Division of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, Department of Medical Imaging, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

Published: March 2024


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