On the Mechanisms of Ultrasound Contrast Agents-Induced Arrhythmias

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1050-1056

  Tran, Truong An ^a,c   Le Guennec, Jean Yves ^b,c   Babuty, Dominique ^d   Bougnoux, Philippe ^b,c   Tranquart, François ^a,c   Bouakaz, Ayache ^a,c  

^a CHRU de Tours   (France)

^b CHRU de Tours   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^d SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Ionic channels; Premature ventricular contraction; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIALS; CELL POTENTIAL; CONTRAST AGENT; DILUTED SOLUTIONS; EXPOSURE-TIME; GLASS RODS; HEART BEATS; HEART CELLS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; INITIAL VALUES; ION CHANNEL; IONIC CHANNELS; LEFT VENTRICLES; MECHANICAL ACTION; MECHANICAL INDEXES; MECHANICAL PRESSURE; MECHANICAL STIMULUS; MECHANICAL STRETCH; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MICROBUBBLES; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; PATCH CLAMP; PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION; TAIL VEINS; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT; WAVE FORMS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; CATHETERS; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; IONS; MECHANISMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; METALLIC GLASS; SHRINKAGE; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ION CHANNEL; SONOVUE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL STIMULATION; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART BEAT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROBUBBLE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICROBUBBLES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 67349107315     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.11.015     Document Type: Article

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