Comparison of the efficacy of the embolic agents acrylamido polyvinyl alcohol microspheres and tris-acryl gelatin microspheres for uterine artery embolization for leiomyomas: A prospective randomized controlled trial

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 493-501

  Worthington Kirsch, Robert L ^a   Siskin, Gary P ^b   Hegener, Paul ^b   Chesnick, Richard ^c  

^a Image Guided Surgery Associates   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Professional Diagnostic Imaging   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Embolization; Urogenital; Uterine artery embolization; Uterine fibroid; Uterine fibroid embolization

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDO POLYVINYL ALCOHOL MICROSPHERE; MICROSPHERE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; TRISACRYL GELATIN MICROSPHERE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION;

ACRYLAMIDES; ACRYLIC RESINS; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GELATIN; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 79959616414     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-010-0049-y     Document Type: Article

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