New technique for mediastinal temperature measurement in hyperthermic cancer treatment: Balloon catheter in the azygos vein

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-56

  Murata, T ^a   Nagata, K ^a   Akagi, K ^a   Nasu, R ^a   Imamura, M ^a   Kimura, H ^a   Tanaka, Y ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiographics; Hyperthermia; Lung cancer; Mediastinal tumours; Oesophageal cancer; Temperature measurement

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; BALLOON CATHETER; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MEDIASTINUM METASTASIS; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0031887135     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030006059802600106     Document Type: Article

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