Minimally invasive interventional embolization has tremendous advantages over conventional surgery in the treatment of vascular diseases and malignant tumors.Particularly,liquid embolic agents have garnered much atten...Minimally invasive interventional embolization has tremendous advantages over conventional surgery in the treatment of vascular diseases and malignant tumors.Particularly,liquid embolic agents have garnered much attention owing to their properties of deep vascular penetration and full occlusion of vasculature independent of thrombus formation,which relies on the patient’s coagulation system.Despite their drawbacks,traditional liquid embolic agents,such as lipiodol,N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate,and Onyx,have benefited numerous patients.The original liquid embolic agents have been modified and optimized,and novel liquid embolic agents have also been developed using different strategies and mechanisms.This minireview provides a brief overview of liquid embolic agents,including approved and potential ones.Challenges,prospects,and rational design guidelines are also discussed.This review may spark interest in liquid embolic agents and open new avenues for the smart design of improved embolic agents in the development of personalized and precision medicine.展开更多
基金Y.J.,Y.Z.,and Z.L.contributed equally to this work.This work was supported by the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China[2017YFA0205201]the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)[81925019 and U1705281]+1 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities[20720190088 and 20720200019]and the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University,China[NCET-13-0502].
文摘Minimally invasive interventional embolization has tremendous advantages over conventional surgery in the treatment of vascular diseases and malignant tumors.Particularly,liquid embolic agents have garnered much attention owing to their properties of deep vascular penetration and full occlusion of vasculature independent of thrombus formation,which relies on the patient’s coagulation system.Despite their drawbacks,traditional liquid embolic agents,such as lipiodol,N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate,and Onyx,have benefited numerous patients.The original liquid embolic agents have been modified and optimized,and novel liquid embolic agents have also been developed using different strategies and mechanisms.This minireview provides a brief overview of liquid embolic agents,including approved and potential ones.Challenges,prospects,and rational design guidelines are also discussed.This review may spark interest in liquid embolic agents and open new avenues for the smart design of improved embolic agents in the development of personalized and precision medicine.
