Dissolution of tungsten coils does not produce systemic toxicity, but leads to elevated levels of tungsten in the serum and recanalization of the previously occluded vessel

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 229-235

  Peuster, Matthias ^a   Fink, Christoph ^a   Von Schnakenburg, Christian ^a   Hausdorf, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Arteriovenous malformation; Carotid artery; Embolization; Interventional radiology

Indexed keywords

TUNGSTEN;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD LEVEL; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; DISSOLUTION; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; RECANALIZATION; REVIEW; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TUNGSTEN; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0036581711     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951102000513     Document Type: Review

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