Endovascular electrocoagulation: Concept, technique, and experimental results

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1669-1678

  Ji, Cheng ^a,b   Guglielmi, Guido ^a   Chen, Hank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal studies; Arteries, therapeutic blockade; Interventional instruments, coils

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; DEVICE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; NONHUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031545986     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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