title: Diagnostic value of priming the endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration needle with heparin to improve specimen quality.
authors: Center for Interventional Endoscopy, Florida Hospital, Orlando, USA.
authors: Muhammad Khalid
authors: MK
authors: Hasan
authors: Ji Young
authors: JY
authors: Bang
authors: Shyam
authors: S
authors: Varadarajulu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D061765:Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006493:Heparin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D011786:Quality Control; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016610:Tissue Embedding
chemical_list: D006493:Heparin