Vascular lesions and s-thrombomodulin concentrations from auricular arteries of rabbits infused with microbubble contrast agent and exposed to pulsed ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1781-1791

  Zachary, James F ^a,b   Blue, James P ^b   Miller, Rita J ^b   O'Brien Jr , William D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Auricular arteries; Contrast agent; Endothelial cells; Microbubbles; Pathology; Pulsed ultrasound; Rabbit; Thrombomodulin; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELLS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HISTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASONICS;

ANIMAL MODEL; AURICULAR ARTERIES; COAGULATIVE NECROSIS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MICROBUBBLES; PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCY; PULSED ULTRASOUND; THROMBOMODULIN;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FS 069; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THROMBOMODULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MICROBUBBLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VASCULAR LESION;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EAR, EXTERNAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUOROCARBONS; MICROBUBBLES; MICROSPHERES; RABBITS; THROMBOMODULIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750797514     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.11.013     Document Type: Article

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