Editorial: Sonothrombolysis: A universally applicable and better way to treat acute myocardial infarction and stroke? Who is going to fund the research?

Circulation

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1358-1360

  Kaul, Sanjiv ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Editorials; Myocardial infarction; Stroke; Thrombosis; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR; SARUPLASE; TENECTEPLASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MICROBUBBLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; ULTRASOUND; ANIMAL; BRAIN INFARCTION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NOTE; SWINE; TRANSDUCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MICROBUBBLES; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN GPIIB-IIIA COMPLEX; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; SUS SCROFA; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TRANSDUCERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64549094257     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.846113     Document Type: Editorial

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