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… (More)
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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… (More)
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
UCP1 ablation induces obesity and abolishes diet-induced thermogenesis in mice exempt from thermal stress by living at thermoneutrality.
As original studies of UCP1-ablated mice failed to demonstrate an obesogenic effect, alternative mechanisms for adaptive… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Ablation of hippocampal neurogenesis impairs contextual fear conditioning and synaptic plasticity in the dentate gyrus.
Although hippocampal neurogenesis has been described in many adult mammals, the functional impact of this process on physiology… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
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… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Longer lifespan, altered metabolism, and stress resistance in Drosophila from ablation of cells making insulin-like ligands.
The insulin/insulin-like growth factor-like signaling pathway, present in all multicellular organisms, regulates diverse… (More)
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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… (More)
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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… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Percutaneous radio-frequency ablation of hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer: long-term results in 117 patients.
PURPOSE To describe the results of an ongoing radio-frequency (RF) ablation study in patients with hepatic metastases from… (More)
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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… (More)
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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… (More)
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