Ultrasound-Enhanced rt-PA Thrombolysis in an ex vivo Porcine Carotid Artery Model

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1240-1251

  Hitchcock, Kathryn E ^a   Ivancevich, Nikolas M ^a   Haworth, Kevin J ^a   Caudell Stamper, Danielle N ^a   Vela, Deborah C ^b   Sutton, Jonathan T ^a   Pyne Geithman, Gail J ^a   Holland, Christy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ex vivo vascular model; Passive cavitation detection; Rt PA; Sonothrombolysis; Stable cavitation; Thrombolysis; Vascular bioeffects

Indexed keywords

BIO-EFFECTS; PASSIVE CAVITATION DETECTION; RT-PA; SONOTHROMBOLYSIS; STABLE CAVITATION; THROMBOLYSIS; VASCULAR MODEL;

CAVITATION; PLASMAS; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ALTEPLASE; PERFLUTREN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; EX VIVO STUDY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISCHEMIA; MICROBUBBLE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FLUOROCARBONS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SWINE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 79959821834     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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