Microbubble Potentiated Ultrasound as a Method of Stroke Therapy in a Pig Model: Preliminary Findings

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1433-1436

  Culp, William C ^a   Erdem, Eren ^a   Roberson, Paula K ^a   Husain, Muhammad M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; FS 069; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BUBBLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SWINE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0242523978     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.RVI.0000096767.47047.FA     Document Type: Article

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