Microcatheter embolization of lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage: An old idea whose time has come

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 591-599

  Funaki, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon; Embolization; Endovascular therapy; Hemorrhage; Microcatheter

Indexed keywords

GELFOAM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMATOUS POLYP; AGING; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CATHETERIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MICROCATHETER EMBOLIZATION; MORBIDITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 11244325762     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-004-0243-x     Document Type: Review

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