Superselective particle embolization enhances efficacy of radiofrequency ablation: Effects of particle size and sequence of action

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 773-782

  Tanaka, Toshihiro ^a,b   Isfort, Peter ^b,c   Braunschweig, Till ^c   Westphal, Saskia ^c   Woitok, Anna ^b   Penzkofer, Tobias ^b,c   Bruners, Philipp ^b,c   Kichikawa, Kimihiko ^a   Schmitz Rode, Thomas ^b   Mahnken, Andreas H ^b,c  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embolization; Experimental interventional radiology; Interventional oncology; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; IOHEXOL; LIVER; MICROSPHERES; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84877745151     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-012-0497-7     Document Type: Article

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