"Tantalum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A rare metallic element, atomic number 73, atomic weight 180.948, symbol Ta. It is a noncorrosive and malleable metal that has been used for plates or disks to replace cranial defects, for wire sutures, and for making prosthetic devices.
| Descriptor ID |
D013635
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.268.556.837 D01.268.956.859 D01.552.544.837
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| Concept/Terms |
Tantalum- Tantalum
- Tantalum-181
- Tantalum 181
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tantalum" by people in Profiles.
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Quantification of tantalum sedimentation rates in liquid embolic agents. Interv Neuroradiol. 2018 Oct; 24(5):574-579.
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Isolated Subtalar Distraction Arthrodesis Using Porous Tantalum: A Pilot Study. Foot Ankle Int. 2015 Sep; 36(9):1084-8.
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Dosimetric impact of tantalum markers used in the treatment of uveal melanoma with proton beam therapy. Phys Med Biol. 2007 Jul 07; 52(13):3979-90.
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Decreased left ventricular ejection fraction in transgenic mice expressing mutant cardiac troponin T-Q(92), responsible for human hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2000 Mar; 32(3):365-74.
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Functional cardiac imaging in mice using Ta-178. Nat Med. 1999 Feb; 5(2):237-9.