An Imaging and Histological Study on Intrahepatic Microvascular Passage of Contrast Materials in Rat Liver

Background. Lipiodol has been applied for decades in transarterial chemoembolization to treat liver malignancies, but its intrahepatic pathway through arterioportal shunt (APS) in the liver has not been histologically revealed. This rodent experiment was conducted to provide evidence for the pathway...

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Main Authors: Qian Xia, Yuanbo Feng, Ting Yin, Yewei Liu, Guozhi Zhang, Jianjun Liu, Linjun Tong, Robin Willemyns, Jie Yu, Raymond Oyen, Gang Huang, Yicheng Ni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1419545