ArticleRadiology2018
Bariatric Arterial Embolization: Effect of Microsphere Size on the Suppression of Fundal Ghrelin Expression and Weight Change in a Swine Model.
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- Establishing a multidisciplinary bariatric arterial embolization program: A two-year clinical experience.Obesity pillars · 2025Article
- N-Butyl-2-Cyanoacrylate versus Microspheres on Weight Change and Ghrelin Expressions in Swine Bariatric Embolization Model.CVIR endovascular · 2025Article
- Development of Resorbable Phosphate-Based Glass Microspheres as MRI Contrast Media Agents.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Gastric transcatheter chemoembolization combined with systemic chemotherapy vs. systemic chemotherapy alone for patients with advanced gastric cardiac cancer presenting with dysphagia: A case control study.Oncology letters · 2024Article
- Interventional metabology: A review of bariatric arterial embolization and endovascular denervation for treating metabolic disorders.Journal of diabetes · 2023Review
- Angiographic Revascularization after Bariatric Embolization in a Swine Model.Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR · 2022Article
- Weight Loss and Gastrointestinal Hormone Variation Caused by Gastric Artery Embolization: An Updated Analysis Study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
- Identifying the Ideal Target Vessel Size for Bariatric Embolization: Histologic Analysis of Swine and Human Gastric Fundi.Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR · 2022Article
- Microfluidic-prepared, monodisperse, X-ray-visible, embolic microspheres for non-oncological embolization applications.Lab on a chip · 2020Article
- Bariatric Arterial Embolization with Calibrated Radiopaque Microspheres and an Antireflux Catheter Suppresses Weight Gain and Appetite-Stimulating Hormones in Swine.Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR · 2020Article
- Rationale and Preclinical Data Supporting Bariatric Arterial Embolization.Techniques in vascular and interventional radiology · 2020Review
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Purpose To determine whether microsphere size effects ghrelin expression and weight gain after selective bariatric arterial embolization (BAE) in swine. Materials and Methods BAE was performed in 10 swine by using smaller (100-300 μm; n = 5) or larger (300-500 μm; n = 5) calibrated microspheres into gastric arteries. Nine control pigs underwent a sham procedure. Weight and fasting plasma ghrelin levels were measured at baseline and weekly for 16 weeks. Ghrelin-expressing cells (GECs) in the stomach were assessed by using immunohistochemical staining and analyzed by using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test. Results In pigs treated with smaller microspheres, mean weight gain at 16 weeks (106.9% ± 15.0) was less than in control pigs (131.9% ± 11.6) (P < .001). Mean GEC density was lower in the gastric fundus (14.8 ± 6.3 vs 25.0 ± 6.9, P < .001) and body (27.5 ± 12.3 vs 37.9 ± 11.8, P = .004) but was not significantly different in the gastric antrum (28.2 ± 16.3 vs 24.3 ± 11.6, P = .84) and duodenum (9.2 ± 3.8 vs 8.7 ± 2.9, P = .66) versus in control pigs. BAE with larger microspheres failed to suppress weight gain or GECs in any stomach part compared with results in control swine. Plasma ghrelin levels were similar between BAE pigs and control pigs, regardless of microsphere size. Week 1 endoscopic evaluation for gastric ulcers revealed none in control pigs, five ulcers in five pigs embolized by using smaller microspheres, and three ulcers in five pigs embolized by using larger microspheres. Conclusion In bariatric arterial embolization, smaller microspheres rather than larger microspheres showed greater weight gain suppression and fundal ghrelin expression with more gastric ulceration in a swine model. © RSNA, 2018.
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