Microbubbles in the Pulmonary Artery Generated During Experimental Hepatic Radiofrequency Ablation Is Correlated with Increased Pulmonary Arterial Pressure

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 437-442

  Frich, Lars ^a   Halvorsen, Per Steinar ^a   Skulstad, Helge ^a   Damås, Jan Kristian ^b   Gladhaug, Ivar P ^a,c  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRINE; RINGER ACETATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; HEART CYCLE; HEPATIC VEIN; HYPOTENSION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MICROBUBBLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SWINE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; LIVER; MICROBUBBLES; PULMONARY ARTERY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SWINE;

EID: 34247205774     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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