Comparison of FlowGate2 and Merci as balloon guide catheters used in mechanical thrombectomies for stroke intervention

  • Authors:
    • Ho Jun Yi
    • Dong Hoon Lee
    • Jae Hoon Sung
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  • Published online on: May 15, 2020     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2020.8757
  • Pages: 1129-1136
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Abstract

The present study reports on the usefulness of FlowGate2 (FG2) as a novel balloon guide catheter (BGC) for mechanical thrombectomy (MT) treatment. MT using a BGC device was performed on 255 patients at the authors' institution (St. Vincent's hospital, Suwon, Korea and Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Korea) between January 2014 and September 2018. A total of 235 patients underwent successful application of BGCs and were divided into two groups; an FG2 and a Merci group, and a comparative analysis was performed. The failure rate in the FG2 group (2.5%) was significantly lower than that in the Merci group (10.8%; P=0.016). Occurrence of distal emboli was significantly lower in the FG2 group (4.7%) than in the Merci group (7.3%; P=0.012). According to subgroup analysis of the BGC and the intermediate catheter, the incidence rate of the distal emboli in the FG2 with an intermediate catheter (2.3%) was significantly lower than that of the Merci with an intermediate catheter (6.6%; P=0.038). The ratio of thrombolysis in cerebral infarction (TICI) 3 recanalization in the first pass was higher in the FG2 group than in the Merci group, in both total (44.7 vs. 34.7%; P=0.033) and subgroup patients (46.5 vs. 34.4%; P=0.029). In the multivariate analysis, use of an intermediate catheter [odds ratio (OR), 0.75; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.66‑0.94; P=0.029] and FG2 application (OR, 0.59; 95% CI, 0.25‑0.93; P=0.020) were the predictive factors for fewer distal emboli. In summary, FG2 BGC enables an effective MT with less application failures and occurrence of distal emboli, and higher TICI 3 recanalization at the first stent passage, compared with Merci BGC.
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Yi H, Lee D and Sung J: Comparison of FlowGate2 and Merci as balloon guide catheters used in mechanical thrombectomies for stroke intervention. Exp Ther Med 20: 1129-1136, 2020
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Yi, H., Lee, D., & Sung, J. (2020). Comparison of FlowGate2 and Merci as balloon guide catheters used in mechanical thrombectomies for stroke intervention. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 20, 1129-1136. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2020.8757
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Yi, H., Lee, D., Sung, J."Comparison of FlowGate2 and Merci as balloon guide catheters used in mechanical thrombectomies for stroke intervention". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 20.2 (2020): 1129-1136.
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Yi, H., Lee, D., Sung, J."Comparison of FlowGate2 and Merci as balloon guide catheters used in mechanical thrombectomies for stroke intervention". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 20, no. 2 (2020): 1129-1136. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2020.8757