Inhibition of smooth muscle proliferation by ultrasound-triggered release of rapamycin from microbubbles

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 777-780

  Phillips, L C ^a   Klibanov, A L ^a   Wamhoff, B R ^a   Hossack, J A ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Microbubble; Rapamycin; Smooth muscle cells; Ultrasonic contrast agents

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVES; BLOOD VESSELS; CELL MEMBRANES; CELLS; CHEMOTHERAPY; CIVIL AVIATION; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG DOSAGE; MUSCLE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC ABSORPTION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; WEIGHT CONTROL;

AXIAL DISTANCE; BEAM WIDTHS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; MICRO-BUBBLE CONTRAST AGENTS; MICRO-BUBBLES; MICROBUBBLE; RAPAMYCIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; SMOOTH MUSCLES; STENT IMPLANTATION; TRIGGERED RELEASE; ULTRASONIC CONTRAST AGENTS; ULTRASOUND PULSES; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 48149102477     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.199     Document Type: Conference Paper

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