Cerebral microembolization during radiofrequency ablation of lung malignancies

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1051-1054

  Rose, Steven C ^a   Fotoohi, Mehran ^a,c   Levin, David L ^a   Harrell, James H ^b  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood vessels, microembolization; Lung neoplasms, therapy; Radiofrequency (RF) ablation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036773762     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(07)61873-9     Document Type: Article

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