"Microbubbles" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Small encapsulated gas bubbles (diameters of micrometers) that can be used as CONTRAST MEDIA, and in other diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Upon exposure to sufficiently intense ultrasound, microbubbles will cavitate, rupture, disappear, release gas content. Such characteristics of the microbubbles can be used to enhance diagnostic tests, dissolve blood clots, and deliver drugs or genes for therapy.
| Descriptor ID |
D045423
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.553
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| Concept/Terms |
Colloidal Gas Aphrons- Colloidal Gas Aphrons
- Aphron, Colloidal Gas
- Aphrons, Colloidal Gas
- Colloidal Gas Aphron
- Gas Aphron, Colloidal
- Gas Aphrons, Colloidal
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Microbubbles" by people in Profiles.
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New Applications in Echocardiography for Ultrasound Contrast Agents in the 21st Century. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2020 05; 46(5):1071-1081.
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Enhancement of Ovarian Tumor Detection by DR6-Targeted Ultrasound Imaging Agents in Laying Hen Model of Spontaneous Ovarian Cancer. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2016 10; 26(8):1375-85.
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Drug and Gene Delivery using Sonoporation for Cardiovascular Disease. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2016; 880:331-8.
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Ultrasound-directed, site-specific gene delivery. Methods Mol Biol. 2014; 1141:67-76.
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Ultrasound-mediated targeted drug delivery: recent success and remaining challenges. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2013 Feb 01; 304(3):H350-7.
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More on advances in imaging angiogenesis and inflammation in atherosclerosis. Thromb Haemost. 2011 May; 105(5):920-1.
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Molecular imaging of inflammation and intraplaque vasa vasorum: a step forward to identification of vulnerable plaques? J Nucl Cardiol. 2010 Oct; 17(5):897-912.
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A retrospective comparison of mortality in critically ill hospitalized patients undergoing echocardiography with and without an ultrasound contrast agent. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2010 Jun; 3(6):578-85.
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The powerful microbubble: from bench to bedside, from intravascular indicator to therapeutic delivery system, and beyond. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2004 Aug; 287(2):H450-7.