Noninvasive high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment of twin-twin transfusion syndrome: A preliminary in vivo study

• DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaf2135
• Publication Date: 2016-07-14T00:48:44Z
• Authors: Caroline J. Shaw; John Civale; Kimberley J. Botting; Youguo Niu; Gail ter Haar; Ian Rivens; Dino A. Giussani; Christoph C. Lees
• Keywords: OCCLUSION; ARTERIOVENOUS ANASTOMOSES; 610; Research & Experimental Medicine; 03 medical and health sciences; Fetus; 0302 clinical medicine; Pregnancy; 616; Animals; FETAL; 11 Medical and Health Sciences; PREGNANT SHEEP; ANESTHESIA; Science & Technology; Sheep; Research & Experimental; UTERINE BLOOD-FLOW; Brain; Cell Biology; Fetofetal Transfusion; ISOFLURANE; 06 Biological Sciences; VASCULAR ANASTOMOSES; 3. Good health; Oxygen; Glucose; Medicine, Research & Experimental; ACID-BASE; Medicine; High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation; Female; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; RESPONSES

High-intensity focused ultrasound can ablate blood flow in the sheep placenta and may be translatable to human twin-twin transfusion syndrome.