Evaluation of endovenous radiofrequency ablation and laser therapy with endoluminal optical coherence tomography in an ex vivo model

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1047-1058

  Schmedt, Claus Georg ^a   Meissner, Oliver A ^b   Hunger, Kathrin ^b   Babaryka, Gregor ^a   Ruppert, Volker ^a   Sadeghi Azandaryani, Mojtaba ^a   Steckmeier, Bernd Manfrred ^a   Sroka, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERFORATION; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENERGY YIELD; IMAGE DISPLAY; IRRADIATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REPERFUSION; TISSUE INJURY; TUNICA MEDIA; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN WALL;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; CATTLE; FOOT; HINDLIMB; LASERS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PERFUSION; TEMPERATURE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VEINS;

EID: 34247352483     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.12.056     Document Type: Article

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