Thrombolytic enhancement with perfluorocarbon-exposed sonicated dextrose albumin microbubbles

American Heart Journal

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 964-968

  Porter, Thomas R ^a,b   LeVeen, Robert F ^a,b   Fox, Randy ^a,b   Kricsfeld, Alan ^a,b   Xie, Feng ^a,b  

^a Univ of Nebraska Medical Center ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; FLUOROCARBON; GLUCOSE; UROKINASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0029807006     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90006-X     Document Type: Article

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