High-voltage electrical pulses in oncology: irreversible electroporation, electrochemotherapy, gene electrotransfer, electrofusion, and electroimmunotherapy

B Geboers, HJ Scheffer, PM Graybill, AH Ruarus… - Radiology, 2020 - pubs.rsna.org
This review summarizes the use of high-voltage electrical pulses (HVEPs) in clinical
oncology to treat solid tumors with irreversible electroporation (IRE) and …

Primer on pulsed electrical field ablation: understanding the benefits and limitations

A Verma, SJ Asivatham, T Deneke… - Circulation …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Pulsed electrical field (PEF) energy is a promising technique for catheter ablation of cardiac
arrhythmias. In this article, the key aspects that need to be considered for safe and effective …

Multimicrochannel microneedle microporation platform for enhanced intracellular drug delivery

L Lin, Y Wang, M Cai, X Jiang, Y Hu… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Common delivery routes for chemotherapeutics are based on circulation, which faces
clinical limitations to local delivery efficiency, and the conflict between the dose for …

Overcoming the delivery problem for therapeutic genome editing: Current status and perspective of non-viral methods

TV Mashel, YV Tarakanchikova, AR Muslimov… - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Besides its broad application in research and biotechnology, genome editing (GE) has great
potential for clinical gene therapy, but delivery of GE tools remains a bottleneck. Whereas …

Tutorial: Electroporation of cells in complex materials and tissue

L Rems, D Miklavčič - Journal of Applied Physics, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Electroporation is being successfully used in biology, medicine, food processing, and
biotechnology, and in some environmental applications. Recent applications also include in …

Emerging technologies for pulmonary vein isolation

FD Ramirez, VY Reddy, R Viswanathan… - Circulation …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and is associated with
considerable morbidity and mortality. Electrically isolating the pulmonary veins from the left …

In vitro cell selectivity of reversible and irreversible: electroporation in cardiac tissue

DW Hunter, G Kostecki, JM Fish… - Circulation: Arrhythmia …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Pulmonary vein isolation is a common catheter ablation technique used to treat
atrial fibrillation originating from the pulmonary veins. However, incomplete lesion formation …

Effects of internal electrode cooling on irreversible electroporation using a perfused organ model

TJ O'Brien, M Bonakdar, S Bhonsle… - International Journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: This study evaluates the effects of active electrode cooling, via internal fluid
circulation, on the irreversible electroporation (IRE) lesion, deployed electric current and …

Careful treatment planning enables safe ablation of liver tumors adjacent to major blood vessels by percutaneous irreversible electroporation (IRE)

B Kos, P Voigt, D Miklavcic, M Moche - Radiology and oncology, 2015 - sciendo.com
Background. Irreversible electroporation (IRE) is a tissue ablation method, which relies on
the phenomenon of electroporation. When cells are exposed to a sufficiently electric field …

Mathematical modeling of the thermal effects of irreversible electroporation for in vitro, in vivo, and clinical use: a systematic review

P Agnass, E van Veldhuisen… - International journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Irreversible electroporation (IRE) is a relatively new ablation method for the
treatment of unresectable cancers. Although the main mechanism of IRE is electric …