Excimer laser-assisted retrieval of Günther Tulip vena cava filters: A pilot study in a canine model

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 719-724

  Saito, Naritatsu ^a   Shimamoto, Takeshi ^b   Takeda, Takahide ^b   Marui, Akira ^b   Kimura, Takeshi ^b   Ikeda, Tadashi ^b   Sakata, Ryuzo ^b  

^a Nagai Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; CAVOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EXCIMER LASER; EXTRAVASATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GUNTHER TULIP VENA CAVA FILTER; HEMOSTASIS; IMPLANT; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; NEOINTIMA; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; VENA CAVA FILTER; ANIMAL; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DEVICE REMOVAL; DOGS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, EXCIMER; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 77956631186     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: 15357732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2010.01.028     Document Type: Article

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