Premature cardiac contractions produced by ultrasound and microbubble contrast agents in mice

Acoustic Research Letters Online

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 221-226

  Dalecki, Diane ^a   Rota, Claudio ^a   Raeman, Carol H ^a   Child, Sally Z ^a  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

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EID: 25444441165     PISSN: 15297853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1935467     Document Type: Article

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