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Embolic Agents: Advances in Biomaterials and Technologies for Vascular Embolization (Adv. Mater. 33/2019)
Author(s) -
Hu Jingjie,
Albadawi Hassan,
Chong Brian W.,
Deipolyi Amy R.,
Sheth Rahul A.,
Khademhosseini Ali,
Oklu Rahmi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201970232
Subject(s) - materials science , embolization , nanotechnology , biocompatible material , cover (algebra) , biomedical engineering , surgery , medicine , mechanical engineering , engineering
In article number 1901071, Rahmi Oklu and co‐workers give an overview of current and emerging technologies in endovascular embolization with respect to devices, materials, mechanisms, and design guidelines. In the cover image, the evolution of embolic materials is illustrated, from the 1950s, where a patient's own blood was heated to clot the blood and then reinjected, to liquid embolic agents in the 2000s, to the future, exemplified by advanced gel embolics. Image credit: S. Masoud Moosavi‐Basri, Sharif University of Technology.