Radiofrequency ablation (RFA): Development of a flow model for bovine livers for extensive bench testing

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1068-1072

  Lubienski, Andreas ^a   Bitsch, Rudi G ^b   Lubienski, Katrin ^a   Kauffmann, Guenter ^b   Duex, Markus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Hospital Northwest   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bench testing; Bovine livers; Flow model; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTICLE; CAVA VEIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DIALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BLOOD VESSEL; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER WEIGHT; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; OXYGENATOR; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATHETER ABLATION; CATTLE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEPATIC ARTERY; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; PERFUSION; PORTAL VEIN; WARM ISCHEMIA;

EID: 33750512944     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-004-0338-4     Document Type: Article

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