Microwave Liver Ablation: Influence of Hepatic Vein Size on Heat-sink Effect in a Porcine Model

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1087-1092

  Yu, Nam C ^a,b   Raman, Steven S ^a   Kim, Young Jun ^c   Lassman, Charles ^a   Chang, Xinlian ^a   Lu, David S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATIC VEIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER SURGERY; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THERMAL INJURY; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; HEPATIC VEINS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; MICROWAVES; MODELS, ANIMAL; SWINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 45549089750     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2008.03.023     Document Type: Article

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