Evaluation of Cerebral Microemboli during Radiofrequency Ablation of Lung Tumors in a Canine Model with Use of Impedance-controlled Devices

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 929-935

  Ahrar, Kamran ^a   Stafford, R Jason ^a   Tinkey, Peggy T ^a   Borne, Agatha T ^a   Stephens, L Clifton ^a   Wallace, Michael J ^a   Wright, Kenneth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANCER SURGERY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DOG; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG TUMOR; MICROBUBBLE; MICROEMBOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TUMOR MODEL;

ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CATHETER ABLATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOGS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 34250734515     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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