Cooling system permits effective transcutaneous ultrasound clot lysis in vivo without skin damage

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-131

  Luo, Huai ^a   Fishbein, Michael C ^b   Bar Cohen, Yaniv ^a   Nishioka, Toshihiko ^a   Berglund, Hans ^a   Kim, Chong Jin ^a   Nagai, Tomoo ^a   Birnbaum, Yochai ^a   Siegel, Robert J ^a,c  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Clot dissolution; Cooling system; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

PERFLUOROPENTANE; STREPTOKINASE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; FEMORAL ARTERY; HISTOLOGY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SKIN DEFECT; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; THERMAL INJURY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0031765844     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008801605451     Document Type: Article

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