Ovarian artery: Angiographic appearance, embolization and relevance to uterine fibroid embolization

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 227-233

  Pelage, J P ^a,b   Walker, W J ^a   Le Dref, O ^b   Rymer, R ^b  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^b ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial anatomy; Interventional radiology; Ovarian artery; Uterine embolization; Uterine fibroids

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTERY; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; OVARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, INFERIOR; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; RENAL ARTERY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0041929523     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-002-1875-3     Document Type: Article

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