The use of balloon CATHETERS to remove emboli by retraction of the balloon that is inflated behind the EMBOLUS.

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.

Synonyms: Balloon Embolectomy, Balloon Embolectomies, Catheterization, Fogarty Balloon, Embolectomy, Balloon, Balloon Catheterization, Fogarty, Embolectomies, Balloon, Fogarty Balloon Catheterization