"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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2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Microbubbles" by people in Profiles.
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Noninvasive Evaluation of Cardiac?Chamber Pressures Using Subharmonic-Aided Pressure Estimation?With Definity Microbubbles. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2023 02; 16(2):224-235.
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Non-Invasive Intra-cardiac Pressure Measurements Using Subharmonic-Aided Pressure Estimation: Proof of Concept in Humans. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2017 11; 43(11):2718-2724.
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Evaluating the potential risks of bubble studies during echocardiography. Perfusion. 2015 Apr; 30(3):219-23.
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Nanobubble ultrasound contrast agents for enhanced delivery of thermal sensitizer to tumors undergoing radiofrequency ablation. Pharm Res. 2014 Jun; 31(6):1407-17.
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Alterations in membrane type-1 matrix metalloproteinase abundance after the induction of thoracic aortic aneurysm in a murine model. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2010 Jul; 299(1):H114-24.