Avtor/Urednik		Serša, Igor; Šinkovec, Matjaž
Naslov		Treatment of in-stent restenosis by RF heating
Tip		članek
Vir		In: Jarm T, Kotnik T, Miklavčič D, editors. Proceedings including program of the 3rd international conference on bioelectromagnetism and 1st Slovenian-Croatian meeting on biomedical engineering in connection with COST 244bis 11th workshop on biomedical applications of electromagnetic fields and management commitee meeting; 2000 oct 8-12; Bled. Ljubljana: Faculty of electrical engineering,
Leto izdaje		2000
Obseg		str. 195-6
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		After the placement of expandable mesh stent inside the coronary artery there is a potential danger of instent restenosis, which can be reduced by the lesion treatment with radioactive isotopes, or sources of heat. Here we propose a new way in-stet restenosis treatment based on the application of the RF radiation. Alternating RF magnetic fields induce eddy currents in the metal stent result of which is stent heating. The advantage of the proposed method is that it does not require any modifications of the stent and its implantation.
Deskriptorji		ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY STENTS HEAT ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC CORONARY DISEASE