Endovascular Embolization: Review of Currently Available Embolization Agents

Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-53

  Leyon, Joe J ^a   Littlehales, Tracey ^b   Rangarajan, Balaji ^a   Hoey, Edward T ^b   Ganeshan, Arul ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE ALCOHOL; ACRYLIC BASED GLUE; CYANOACRYLATE; DACRON; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE VINYL ALCOHOL; GELATIN; GLUE; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; MICROSPHERE; NYLON; ONYX; PARTICULATE EMBOLIZATION AGENT; POLYESTER; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SCLEROSING AGENT; SILK; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM; TISSUE ADHESIVE; TRISACRYL GELATIN MICROSPHERE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLATZER VASCULAR PLUG; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; AUTOLOGOUS CLOT; BALLOON; BLOOD CLOTTING; BONE CANCER; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COIL EMBOLIZATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FOAM; GELATIN FOAM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERLOCK DETACHABLE COIL; LIQUID; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPHATIC MALFORMATION; MECHANICAL OCCLUSION DEVICE; MENINGIOMA; MICROCATHETER COIL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POWDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAFETY; SCLEROTHERAPY; TRANSCATHETER FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VARICOCELE; VARICOSIS; VASCULAR OCCLUDER; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; WOOL;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; GELATIN; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSPHERES; POLYVINYLS; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 84888415926     PISSN: 03630188     EISSN: 15356302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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