ITALIAN SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF VASCULAR ANOMALIES (SISAV)
CONGRESS 2014 

International Angiology 2015 December;34(6 Suppl 1):1-14

Copyright © 2015 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA

language: English

Clinical experience with Angiojet: a comprehensive review

Ierardi A. M. ¹, Xhepa G. ¹, Piffaretti G. ², Bacuzzi A. ³, Tozzi M. ², Carbone M. ⁴, Barile A. ⁵, Squillaci E. ⁶, Fonio P. ⁷, Brunese L. ⁷, Carrafiello G. ¹ ✉

¹ Department of Radiology, Insubria University, Varese, Italy; ² Department of Surgery and Morphological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Insubria, Circolo University Hospital, Varese, Italy; ³ University of Insubria, Macchi Foundation, Circolo University Hospital, Varese, Italy; ⁴ Department of Radiology, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy; ⁵ Department of Radiology, University of L’Aquila, S. Salvatore Hospital, Coppito, L’Aquila, Italy; ⁶ Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Molecular Imaging, Interventional Radiology and Radiotherapy, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; ⁷ Institute of Radiology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy; ⁸ Department of Health Science, Radiology Unit, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy

The development of various sophisticated mechanical thrombectomy devices and the amassed experience of physicians in minimal invasive therapy produced a paradigm shift in vascular access management toward percutaneous declotting procedures, using pharmaceutical thrombolysis, mechanical thrombectomy, balloon thrombectomy, and a combination of the above techniques. In this setting, in the last years, AngioJet™ (Possis, Minneapolis, MN, USA) rheolytic thrombectomy (RT) showed an increasing use in emergency and election patients. The purpose of this review is to present the current status of percutaneous rheolytic thrombectomy in different fields of applications.