Acoustic and Elastic Properties of a Blood Clot during Microbubble-Enhanced Sonothrombolysis: Hardening of the Clot with Inertial Cavitation

• Main Authors: Laurent Auboire (Author), Damien Fouan (Author), Jean-Marc Grégoire (Author), Fréderic Ossant (Author), Camille Plag (Author), Jean-Michel Escoffre (Author), Ayache Bouakaz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide. Existing therapies present limitations, and other therapeutic alternatives are sought, such as sonothrombolysis with microbubbles (STL). The aim of this study was to evaluate the change induced by STL with or without recombinant tissue-type plas...