Irreversible electroporation attenuates neointimal formation after angioplasty

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2268-2274

  Maor, Elad ^a   Ivorra, Antoni ^a   Leor, Jonathan ^b   Rubinsky, Boris ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Bioelectric phenomena; Biomedical engineering; Biophysics; Blood vessels; Cardiology; Electric field effects; Electroporation; Restenosis

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BLOOD; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; RATS; RELIABILITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANGIOPLASTY; BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY; BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICS; CARDIOLOGY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CONTROL GROUP; CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; CORONARY ARTERIES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL PULSES; ELECTROPORATION; IN-VIVO; NEOINTIMAL FORMATION; NON-THERMAL; PARALLEL ELECTRODES; PERMANENT DAMAGE; REAL-TIME FEEDBACK; RESTENOSIS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CAROTID ARTERY; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; EXCISION; FOGARTY CATHETER; FOLLOW UP; IN VIVO STUDY; INTIMA; IRREVERSIBLE ELECTROPORATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RESTENOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE INJURY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TERATOCARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 50049127073     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.923909     Document Type: Article

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