[Electrothrombosis as a treatment measure]

The endovasalic transcatheteral occlusion of arteries which provide tumors or acute bleedings is a commonly accepted therapeutic method. Hereby applied thrombogenic substances are again disintegrated frequently by means of endogenous fibrinolysis. The intravascular application of electrically direct current leads to a closing thrombosis. Its pathomorphologic basis is a lesion of the intima. A decomposition of these thrombi is not possible, because of the own endogenous fibrinolysis. Experimental therapeutic experiences with the electrothrombosis were represented and their preferences in face of the embolisation method.