Preliminary investigation of calcium alginate gel as a biocompatible material for endovascular aneurysm embolization in vivo

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1119-1127

  Becker, Timothy A ^a   Preul, Mark C ^b   Bichard, William D ^b   Kipke, Daryl R ^a   McDougall, Cameron G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Calcium alginate; Embolization; Endovascular occlusion; Hydrogel

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ALGINATE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE;

ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; CATHETERIZATION; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SIMULATION; FIBROSIS; GEL; HEALING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURE; SWINE; TISSUE GROWTH; TISSUE REACTION;

ALGINATES; ANEURYSM; ANIMALS; BALLOON OCCLUSION; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MATERIALS TESTING; SWINE;

EID: 34249820233     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000255447.90106.12     Document Type: Article

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