Preparation and evaluation of poly(L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) microbubbles as a contrast agent for myocardial contrast echocardiography

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 171-178

  Cui, Wenjin ^a   Bei, Jianzhong ^a   Wang, Shenguo ^a   Zhi, Guang ^b   Zhao, Yuying ^b   Zhou, Xiaoshu ^a   Zhang, Hanwei ^a   Xu, Yong ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Contrast agent; in vivo; Microspheres; Myocardium opacification

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; EMULSIONS; EVAPORATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SOLVENTS;

EMULSION-SOLVENT EVAPORATION METHOD; MECHANICAL INDEX (MI); MICROBUBBLES; POWER CONTRAST IMAGING (PCI);

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; OCTAFLUOROPROPANE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYMER; SOLVENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIFFUSION; DOG; EMULSION; EVALUATION; EVAPORATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROBUBBLE; NONHUMAN; SOLUBILITY; TECHNOLOGY;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROCARBONS; HEART VENTRICLES; LACTIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MYOCARDIUM; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; SOLVENTS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 16444369966     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30189     Document Type: Article

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