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Ablation

Known as: Ablation Therapy, Local Ablation Therapy, Local Ablative Therapy 
In medicine, the removal or destruction of a body part or tissue or its function. Ablation may be performed by surgery, hormones, drugs… Expand
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Treatment of atrial fibrillation by the ablation of localized sources: CONFIRM (Conventional Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation With or Without Focal Impulse and Rotor Modulation) trial.
OBJECTIVES We hypothesized that human atrial fibrillation (AF) may be sustained by localized sources (electrical rotors and focal… Expand
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Targeted ablation of osteocytes induces osteoporosis with defective mechanotransduction.
Bone remodeling is performed by osteoclasts and osteoblasts at the bone surface. Inside of bone is a network of numerous… Expand
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Circumferential pulmonary-vein ablation for chronic atrial fibrillation.
BACKGROUND We conducted a randomized, controlled trial of circumferential pulmonary-vein ablation for the treatment of chronic… Expand
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Review
2005
Review
2005
Image-guided tumor ablation: standardization of terminology and reporting criteria.
The field of interventional oncology with use of image-guided tumor ablation requires standardization of terminology and… Expand
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Photo-thermal tumor ablation in mice using near infrared-absorbing nanoparticles.
The following study examines the feasibility of nanoshell-assisted photo-thermal therapy (NAPT). This technique takes advantage… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Technique and Results of Linear Ablation at the Mitral Isthmus
Background—This prospective clinical study evaluates the feasibility and efficacy of combined linear mitral isthmus ablation and… Expand
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Ablation of solids by femtosecond lasers: ablation mechanism and ablation thresholds for metals and dielectrics
The mechanism of ablation of solids by intense femtosecond laser pulses is described in an explicit analytical form. It is shown… Expand
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Review
2000
Review
2000
Tumor ablation with radio-frequency energy.
Tumor ablation by using radio-frequency energy has begun to receive increased attention as an effective minimally invasive… Expand
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Selective ablation of immature blood vessels in established human tumors follows vascular endothelial growth factor withdrawal.
Features that distinguish tumor vasculatures from normal blood vessels are sought to enable the destruction of preformed tumor… Expand
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Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Hyperfiltration in remnant nephrons: a potentially adverse response to renal ablation.
Micropuncture studies were performed in three groups of male Munich-Wistar rats 1 wk after surgery: group I, eight control rats… Expand
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