A newly developed perfused umbrella electrode for radiofrequency ablation: An ex vivo evaluation study in bovine liver

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 992-998

  Bruners, Philipp ^a,b   Pfeffer, Jochen ^a   Kazim, Rana M ^a   Günther, Rolf W ^b   Schmitz Rode, Thomas ^a   Mahnken, Andreas H ^a,b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ELECTRODE; LIVER; MECHANICAL PROBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CATTLE; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIVER; NECROSIS;

EID: 34848852940     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-007-9125-3     Document Type: Article

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