Clot Retraction Affects the Extent of Ultrasound-Enhanced Thrombolysis in an Ex Vivo Porcine Thrombosis Model

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 813-824

  Sutton, Jonathan T ^a   Ivancevich, Nikolas M ^b,c   Perrin, Stephen R ^a   Vela, Deborah C ^d   Holland, Christy K ^a,b  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

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

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^d TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clot retraction; Drug delivery; Inertial cavitation; Stable cavitation; Thrombolysis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CAVITATION; DISEASES; DRUG DELIVERY; MEDICAL IMAGING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CLOT RETRACTION; COMPOSITIONAL PROPERTIES; DIFFERENT MATERIALS; INERTIAL CAVITATION; STABLE CAVITATION; THROMBOLYSIS; TISSUE-TYPE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; ULTRASOUND ENHANCED THROMBOLYSIS;

ULTRASONICS;

ALTEPLASE; PERFLUTREN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD CLOT RETRACTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; EX VIVO STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWINE; THROMBOSIS; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND ENHANCED THROMBOLYSIS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; SWINE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 84875813270     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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