Ultrasound contrast materials in cardiovascular medicine: From perfusion assessment to molecular imaging

Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 729-739

  Klibanov, Alexander L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

E selectin; Inflammation; Ischemia reperfusion injury; Microbubbles; Molecular imaging; P selectin; Perfusion; Ultrasound contrast; VCAM 1

Indexed keywords

INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOFILM; DISEASE MARKER; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; KUPFFER CELL; LIGAND BINDING; MATERIAL STATE; MICROBUBBLE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RECEPTOR BINDING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; MICROBUBBLES; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PERFUSION IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84885582935     PISSN: 19375387     EISSN: 19375395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12265-013-9501-0     Document Type: Article

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