Detection of acoustic cavitation in the heart with microbubble contrast agents in vivo: A mechanism for ultrasound-induced arrhythmias

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2958-2964

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

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAVITATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THRESHOLD ELEMENTS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ACOUSTIC CAVITATION; CARDIAC CONTRACTIONS; MICROBUBBLE CONTRAST AGENTS; ULTRASOUND FIELDS;

ACOUSTICS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FS 069; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACOUSTICS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONTRACTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROBUBBLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUND DETECTION;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; MALE; MICE; MICROBUBBLES; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 33750302894     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2346132     Document Type: Article

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