Power-Pulse Spray Thrombectomy for Treatment of Paget-Schroetter Syndrome
Ami D. Shah1,
Danielle R. Bajakian2,
Jeffrey W. Olin3 and
Robert A. Lookstein1
1 Department of Interventional Radiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Mount
Sinai Medical Center, One Gustave L. Levy Pl., Box 1234, New York, NY
10029.
2 Department of Vascular Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Mount Sinai
Medical Center, New York, NY.
3 Department of Vascular Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Mount Sinai
Medical Center, New York, NY.

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Fig. 1A 22-year-old athletic woman who underwent power-pulse spray
thrombectomy. Initial venogram from left brachial vein sheath shows absence of
flow in left axillary vein (arrow). Collaterals are preferentially
draining arm from cephalic vein (arrowhead).
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Fig. 1B 22-year-old athletic woman who underwent power-pulse spray
thrombectomy. With catheter in left subclavian vein, venogram shows complete
thrombosis of axillary and subclavian vein (arrow).
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Fig. 1C 22-year-old athletic woman who underwent power-pulse spray
thrombectomy. Completion venogram shows complete resolution of venous
thrombosis. There is residual venous spur (arrow) at anatomic
"pinch off" of subclavian vein between clavicle and first rib.
Small residual thrombus is seen in cephalic vein (arrowhead). This
procedure took 2.5 hours to complete.
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