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Balloon Dilatation

Known as: Ballonet, A pallone, ballooning 
An endoscopic therapeutic procedure in which a balloon device is used to dilate a narrowed lumen.
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: risk factors for liver fibrosis.
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
High pressure assisted coronary stent implantation accomplished without intravascular ultrasound guidance and subsequent anticoagulation.
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Proliferating arterial smooth muscle cells after balloon injury express TNF-alpha but not interleukin-1 or basic fibroblast growth factor.
We have recently reported that balloon withdrawal injury to rabbit abdominal aortas induces sustained activation indicated by the… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Hydrodynamic thrombectomy of hemodialysis fistulas: first clinical results.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Shear damping of drift waves in toroidal plasmas.
An important conclusion of earlier work using the ballooning representation is that shear damping of plasma drift waves may be… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Study of giant edge-localized modes in DIII-D and comparison with ballooning theory.
In DIII-D H-mode plasmas, large amplitude modulation of steep edge electron pressure gradients are observed during the… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Balloon dilatation of calcific aortic stenosis in elderly patients: postmortem, intraoperative, and percutaneous valvuloplasty studies.
To assess the safety and efficacy of percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty in calcific aortic stenosis, balloon dilatation of… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
A generalized inclusion body disease in the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) caused by a papovavirus-like agent.
High mortality rates have been reported in budgerigars between one and 15 days of age in 19 aviaries in the Province of Quebec… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Early stages of axonal regeneration in the goldfish optic tract: An electron microscopic study
SummaryTwo hours after the goldfish optic tract was cut, the severed axons in the retinal stump of the tract showed ballooning of… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
LYSIS OF CELL WALLS AND INTACT CELLS OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA BY ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRAACETIC ACID AND BY LYSOZYME.
It was shown that Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain 64 was extensively Iysed by EDTA alone and that destruction of cells was as… 
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