Cardiovascular cavitation

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 742-751

  Brujan, Emil Alexandru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Gas embolotherapy; Laser surgery; Mechanical heart valves; Ultrasound surgery

Indexed keywords

BIOEFFECTS OF ULTRASOUND; CAVITATION BUBBLE; CAVITATION EFFECT; COLLATERAL DAMAGE; FREE RADICAL SPECIES; GAS EMBOLOTHERAPY; HIGH VELOCITY; LASER FOCUS; LIQUID ENVIRONMENT; LIQUID JETS; MECHANICAL HEART VALVES; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; PULSED LASER; SHEAR FORCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUES; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ULTRASOUND SURGERY;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; CAVITATION; FREE RADICALS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; LASERS; LIQUIDS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

LASER SURGERY;

ALBUNEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ECHOVIST; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PERFLEXANE; PERFLUBUTANE; PERFLUTREN; RADIOISOTOPE; SHU 508; SONOVUE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG FORMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER ANGIOPLASTY; LASER SURGERY; MICROBUBBLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHOCK WAVE; TISSUE INJURY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 68349100164     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.03.007     Document Type: Review

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