The use of ultrasound enhancing agents (UEAs) has become an integral component of
echocardiography practice. Since the 2008 American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) …

Sonoporation, or the use of ultrasound in the presence of cavitation nuclei to induce plasma
membrane perforation, is well considered as an emerging physical approach to facilitate the …

Microbubbles lower the threshold for cavitation of ultrasound and have multiple potential
therapeutic applications in the cardiovascular system. One of the first therapeutic …

Background: Preclinical studies have demonstrated that high mechanical index (MI)
impulses from a diagnostic ultrasound transducer during an intravenous microbubble …

Besides the well-known and wide use of ultrasound in diagnostics, the therapeutic use of
ultrasound has recently emerged. The understanding of the action of ultrasound waves at …

The use of ultrasound and microbubbles as an effective adjuvant to thrombolytics has been
reported in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo. However, the specific mechanisms underlying …

Thrombo-occlusive disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. In this chapter, the
use of ultrasound to accelerate clot breakdown alone or in combination with thrombolytic …

Objectives: Early recanalization of large vessels in thromboembolism, such as myocardial
infarction and ischemic stroke, is associated with improved clinical outcomes. Nitric oxide …

The lytic release of ATP due to cell and tissue injury constitutes an important source of
extracellular nucleotides and may have physiological and pathophysiological roles by …

This handbook (55 chapters) provides a comprehensive roadmap of basic research in
nanomedicine as well as clinical applications. However, unlike other texts in nanomedicine …