Can rotational atherectomy cause thermal tissue damage? A study of the potential heating and thermal tissue effects of a rotational atherectomy device

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 481-486

  Gehani, Abdurrazzak A ^a,b   Rees, Michael R ^a  

^a Killingbeck Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b HMC   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Rotational atherectomy; Thermal tissue damage

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; IMAGING SYSTEM; LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; THERMAL INJURY; THERMOGRAPHY; TISSUE INJURY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AORTA; ATHERECTOMY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SWINE; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031773502     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002709900308     Document Type: Article

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