| Descriptor English: | Balloon Embolectomy | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                Embolectomía con Balón                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Embolectomia com Balão | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Embolectomie à ballonnet | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | 
                                    Balloon Catheterization, Fogarty Balloon Embolectomies Catheterization, Fogarty Balloon Embolectomies, Balloon Embolectomy, Balloon Fogarty Balloon Catheterization  | 
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| Tree number(s): | 
                                        E02.148.093 E04.100.814.445.500 E05.157.032  | 
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D063125 | ||||||
| Scope note: | The use of balloon CATHETERS to remove emboli by retraction of the balloon that is inflated behind the EMBOLUS. | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | 
                                                                        AE                                                            adverse effects CL classification EC economics ES ethics HI history IS instrumentation MO mortality MT methods NU nursing PX psychology SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends VE veterinary  | 
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| Public MeSH Note: | 2013; for FOGARTY BALLOON CATHETHERIZATION see BALLOON DILATION 1988-2012 | 
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| History Note: | 2013 | 
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| DeCS ID: | 55024 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D063125 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 2013/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 2012/07/03 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2015/06/22 | 
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                                        ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT
 
Therapeutics [E02]Therapeutics - 
                                    
ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT
Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]Surgical Procedures, Operative - 
                                    
ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT
Investigative Techniques [E05]Investigative Techniques 
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                        Balloon Embolectomy                                            
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                        Fogarty Balloon Catheterization                                            
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                | Concept UI | 
                                        
                                        M0571358 | 
                                
| Scope note | The use of balloon CATHETERS to remove emboli by retraction of the balloon that is inflated behind the EMBOLUS. | 
| Preferred term | Balloon Embolectomy | 
| Entry term(s) | 
                                        
                                                                                            Balloon Embolectomies                                                 Embolectomies, Balloon Embolectomy, Balloon  | 
                                
| Concept UI | 
                                        
                                        M0570242 | 
                                
| Scope note | The use of a Fogarty catheter, a type of balloon catheter that was invented to perform an EMBOLECTOMY by pulling the embolism out of the blood vessel by retraction of the inflated balloon behind it. | 
| Preferred term | Fogarty Balloon Catheterization | 
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                                                                                            Balloon Catheterization, Fogarty                                                 Catheterization, Fogarty Balloon  | 
                                
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