Radiofrequency-induced thermotherapy (RFiTT) in a porcine liver model and ex vivo great saphenous vein.

George E BadhamScott J Dos Santos Mark Steven Whiteley

Published in: Minimally invasive therapy & allied technologies : MITAT : official journal of the Society for Minimally Invasive Therapy (2017)

Our porcine liver model correlated well with histological findings and was representative of the thermoablative effects observed in the GSV wall treated with RFiTT. Clinical investigations are now being carried out to investigate the efficacy of this protocol in the clinical setting.

Keyphrases

randomized controlled trial
diabetic rats
cross sectional
oxidative stress
acute coronary syndrome
ultrasound guided