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SUBMITTER: Zheng X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9313509 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zheng Xiaobing X Pan Yunfan Y Zhang Yuan Y Meng Kuilin K Zhou Jianye J Wang Xin X Cui Yongchun Y Li Jiang J Li Yongjian Y Chen Haosheng H
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) 20220526 21
The left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is often used in the treatment of heart failure. However, 4% to 9% implanted LVAD will have thrombosis problem in one year, which is fatal to the patient's life. In this work, an interventional sonothrombolysis (IST) method is developed to realize the thrombolysis on LVAD. A pair of ultrasound transducer rings is installed on the shell of LVAD, and drug-loaded microbubbles are injected into the LVAD through the interventional method. The microbubbles are ...[more]