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Fogarty catheter

Fogarty catheter

a catheter with an inflatable balloon near its tip; used to remove arterial emboli and thrombi from major veins (e.g., iliofemoral) and to remove stones from the biliary ducts.

Synonym: balloon-tip catheter.


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