Therapeutic Ultrasound Improves Myocardial Blood Flow and Reduces Infarct Size in a Canine Model of Coronary Microthromboembolism

Therapeutic ultrasound (TUS) has been used to lyse infarct-related coronary artery thrombus. There has been no study examining the effect of TUS specifically on myocardial microthromboemboli seen in acute myocardial infarction and acute coronary syndromes. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that TUS improves myocardial blood flow (MBF) and reduces infarct size (IS) in this situation by dissolving myocardial microthrombi.
Source: Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research