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Yang S, Zemzemi C, Escudero DS, Vela DC, Haworth KJ, Holland CK. Histotripsy and Catheter-Directed Lytic: Efficacy in Highly Retracted Porcine Clots In Vitro. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2024:S0301-5629(24)00172-8. [PMID: 38777639 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2024.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Revised: 04/02/2024] [Accepted: 04/05/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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OBJECTIVE Standard treatment for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) involves catheter-directed anticoagulants or thrombolytics, but the chronic thrombi present in many DVT cases are often resistant to this therapy. Histotripsy has been found to be a promising adjuvant treatment, using the mechanical action of cavitating bubble clouds to enhance thrombolytic activity. The objective of this study was to determine if histotripsy enhanced recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) thrombolysis in highly retracted porcine clots in vitro in a flow model of occlusive DVT. METHODS Highly retracted porcine whole blood clots were treated for 1 h with either catheter-directed saline (negative control), rt-PA (lytic control), histotripsy, DEFINITY and histotripsy or the combination of rt-PA and histotripsy with or without DEFINITY. Five-cycle, 1.5 MHz histotripsy pulses with a peak negative pressure of 33.2 MPa and pulse repetition frequency of 40 Hz were applied along the clot. B-Mode and passive cavitation images were acquired during histotripsy insonation to monitor bubble activity. RESULTS Clots subjected to histotripsy with and without rt-PA exhibited greater thrombolytic efficacy than controls (7.0% flow recovery or lower), and histotripsy with rt-PA was more efficacious than histotripsy with saline (86.1 ± 10.2% compared with 61.7 ± 19.8% flow recovery). The addition of DEFINITY to histotripsy with or without rt-PA did not enhance either thrombolytic efficacy or cavitation dose. Cavitation dose generally did not correlate with thrombolytic efficacy. CONCLUSION Enhancement of thrombolytic efficacy was achieved using histotripsy, with and without catheter-directed rt-PA, in the presence of physiologic flow. This suggests these treatments may be effective as therapy for DVT.
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- Shumeng Yang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Cardiovascular Pathology, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Zhou S, Li J, Chen X, Huang B, Lu D, Zhang T. Mediation of long-pulsed ultrasound enhanced microbubble recombinant tissue plasminogen activator thrombolysis in a rat model of platelet-rich thrombus. Cardiovasc Diagn Ther 2024; 14:51-58. [PMID: 38434566 PMCID: PMC10904306 DOI: 10.21037/cdt-23-356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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Background Ultrasound (US)-enhanced microbubble (MB) therapy has been investigated as a therapeutic technique to facilitate the thrombolysis for the treatment of pericardial and microvascular obstruction. This study sought to assess the therapeutic effects of long-pulsed US-assisted MB-mediated recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) thrombolysis in a rat model of platelet-rich thrombus. Methods Ferric chloride (10%) was used to induce total arterial occlusion before formation of platelet-rich thrombi. Therapeutic long-tone-burst US (1 MHz, 0.6 MPa, 1,000-µs pulse length) was used, and 2.9×109/mL of lipid MBs and 1 mg/mL of rt-PA were infused. Subsequently, 42 Sprague-Dawley (SD) male rats were randomly divided into seven groups: (I) control; (II) rt-PA; (III) high duty cycle US + MB; (IV) low duty cycle US + rt-PA; (V) high duty cycle US + rt-PA; (VI) low duty cycle US + rt-PA + MB; and (VII) high duty cycle US + rt-PA + MB. The recanalization grades were evaluated after 20 minutes' treatment. Results Compared to the control, there was significant improvement in recanalization in the US + rt-PA groups (P=0.01 vs. control), US (low duty cycle) + rt-PA + MB (P=0.003 vs. control) and US (high duty cycle) + rt-PA + MB (P<0.001 vs. control) groups, in which recanalization was successfully achieved in all rats. Conclusions Long-pulsed US-enhanced MB-mediated rt-PA thrombolysis offered a powerful approach in the treatment of platelet-rich thrombus.
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- Shuxuan Zhou
- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
- Cardiovascular Center, Hospital of Changan Dongguan, Dongguan, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Suarez Escudero D, Haworth KJ, Genstler C, Holland CK. Quantifying the Effect of Acoustic Parameters on Temporal and Spatial Cavitation Activity: Gauging Cavitation Dose. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2023; 49:2388-2397. [PMID: 37648590 PMCID: PMC10581030 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2023.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Revised: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Cavitation-enhanced delivery of therapeutic agents is under development for the treatment of cancer and neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases, including sonothrombolysis for deep vein thrombosis. The objective of this study was to quantify the spatial and temporal distribution of cavitation activity nucleated by Definity infused through the EKOS catheter over a range of acoustic parameters controlled by the EKOS endovascular system. METHODS Three insonation protocols were compared in an in vitro phantom mimicking venous flow to measure the effect of peak rarefactional pressure, pulse duration and pulse repetition frequency on cavitation activity energy, location and duration. Inertial and stable cavitation activity was quantified using passive cavitation imaging, and a metric of cavitation dose based on energy density was defined. RESULTS For all three insonation protocols, cavitation was sustained for the entire 30 min Definity infusion. The evolution of cavitation energy during each pulse duration was similar for all three protocols. For insonation protocols with higher peak rarefactional acoustic pressures, inertial and stable cavitation doses also increased. A complex relationship between the temporal behavior of cavitation energy within each pulse and the pulse repetition frequency affected the cavitation dose for the three insonation protocols. The relative predominance of stable or inertial cavitation dose varied according to insonation schemes. Passive cavitation images revealed the spatial distribution of cavitation activity. CONCLUSION Our cavitation dose metric based on energy density enabled the impact of different acoustic parameters on cavitation activity to be measured. Depending on the type of cavitation to be promoted or suppressed, particular pulsing schemes could be employed in future studies, for example, to correlate cavitation dose with sonothrombolytic efficacy.
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- Daniel Suarez Escudero
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
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Wu H, Tang Y, Zhang B, Klippel P, Jing Y, Yao J, Jiang X. Miniaturized Stacked Transducer for Intravascular Sonothrombolysis With Internal-Illumination Photoacoustic Imaging Guidance and Clot Characterization. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2023; 70:2279-2288. [PMID: 37022249 PMCID: PMC10399617 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2023.3240725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Thromboembolism in blood vessels can lead to stroke or heart attack and even sudden death unless brought under control. Sonothrombolysis enhanced by ultrasound contrast agents has shown promising outcome on effective treatment of thromboembolism. Intravascular sonothrombolysis was also reported recently with a potential for effective and safe treatment of deep thrombosis. Despite the promising treatment results, the treatment efficiency for clinical application may not be optimized due to the lack of imaging guidance and clot characterization during the thrombolysis procedure. In this paper, a miniaturized transducer was designed to have an 8-layer PZT-5A stacked with an aperture size of 1.4 × 1.4 mm2 and assembled in a customized two-lumen 10-Fr catheter for intravascular sonothrombolysis. The treatment process was monitored with internal-illumination photoacoustic tomography (II-PAT), a hybrid imaging modality that combines the rich contrast of optical absorption and the deep penetration of ultrasound detection. With intravascular light delivery using a thin optical fiber integrated with the intravascular catheter, II-PAT overcomes the penetration depth limited by strong optical attenuation of tissue. In-vitro PAT-guided sonothrombolysis experiments were carried out with synthetic blood clots embedded in tissue phantom. Clot position, shape, stiffness, and oxygenation level can be estimated by II-PAT at clinically relevant depth of ten centimeters. Our findings have demonstrated the feasibility of the proposed PAT-guided intravascular sonothrombolysis with real-time feedback during the treatment process.
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Chen X, Chen X, Wang J, Yu FTH, Villanueva FS, Pacella JJ. Dynamic Behavior of Polymer Microbubbles During Long Ultrasound Tone-Burst Excitation and Its Application for Sonoreperfusion Therapy. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2023; 49:996-1006. [PMID: 36697268 PMCID: PMC9974862 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2022.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Ultrasound (US)-targeted microbubble (MB) cavitation (UTMC)-mediated therapies have been found to restore perfusion and enhance drug/gene delivery. Because of the potentially longer circulation time and relative ease of storage and reconstitution of polymer-shelled MBs compared with lipid MBs, we investigated the dynamic behavior of polymer microbubbles and their therapeutic potential for sonoreperfusion (SRP) therapy. METHODS The fate of polymer MBs during a single long tone-burst exposure (1 MHz, 5 ms) at various acoustic pressures and MB concentrations was recorded via high-speed microscopy and passive cavitation detection (PCD). SRP efficacy of the polymer MBs was investigated in an in vitro flow system and compared with that of lipid MBs. DISCUSSION Microscopy videos indicated that polymer MBs formed gas-filled clusters that continued to oscillate, fragment and form new gas-filled clusters during the single US burst. PCD confirmed continued acoustic activity throughout the 5-ms US excitation. SRP efficacy with polymer MBs increased with pulse duration and acoustic pressure similarly to that with lipid MBs but no significant differences were found between polymer and lipid MBs. CONCLUSION These data suggest that persistent cavitation activity from polymer MBs during long tone-burst US excitation confers excellent reperfusion efficacy.
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- Xianghui Chen
- Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Kleven RT, Huang S, Ford SM, Sakthivel K, Thomas SR, Zuccarello M, Herr AB, Holland CK. Effect of Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator and 120-kHz Ultrasound on Porcine Intracranial Thrombus Density. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2023; 49:539-548. [PMID: 36336551 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2022.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Revised: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Surgical intervention for the treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) has been limited by inadequate lysis of the target thrombus. Adjuvant transcranial ultrasound exposure is hypothesized to improve thrombolysis, expedite hematoma evacuation and improve clinical outcomes. A juvenile porcine intracerebral hemorrhage model was established by direct infusion of autologous blood into the porcine white matter. Thrombi were either not treated (sham) or treated with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator alone (rt-PA only) or in combination with pulsed transcranial 120-kHz ultrasound (sonothrombolysis). After treatment, pigs were euthanized, the heads frozen and sectioned and the thrombi extracted. D-Dimer and thrombus density assays were used to assess degree of lysis. Both porcine and human D-dimer assays tested did not have sufficient sensitivity to detect porcine D-dimer. Thrombi treated with rt-PA with or without 120-kHz ultrasound had a significantly lower density compared with sham-treated thrombi. No enhancement of rt-PA-mediated thrombolysis was noted with the addition of 120-kHz ultrasound (sonothrombolysis). The thrombus density assay revealed thrombolytic efficacy caused by rt-PA in an in vivo juvenile porcine model of intracerebral hemorrhage. Transcranial sonothrombolysis did not enhance rt-PA-induced thrombolysis, likely because of the lack of exogenous cavitation nuclei.
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- Robert T Kleven
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Neuroscience Program, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Medical Sciences Program, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Immunobiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
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Zhang Q, Yuan Z, Song R, Xue H, Tu J, Fan Z, Guo X, Zheng Y, Zhang D. Optimized acoustic streaming generated at oblique incident angles to improve ultrasound thrombolysis effect. Med Phys 2022; 49:5728-5741. [PMID: 35860901 DOI: 10.1002/mp.15874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2022] [Revised: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Combined with thrombolytic drugs and/or microbubbles (MBs), ultrasound (US) has been regarded as a useful tool for thrombolysis treatment by taking its advantages of non-invasive, non-ionization, low cost and accurate targeting of tissues deep in body. Recently, low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS), which can cause fewer complications by stable cavitation and acoustic streaming other than more violent effects, has attracted broad attention. PURPOSE However, the thrombolysis effect in practice might not achieve expectation because there is not an ideal parallel multilayer structure between the skin and the targeted vessel. Therefore, the current work aims to better elucidate the influence of US incident angle on the generation of acoustic streaming and thrombolysis effect. METHODS Systemic numerical and experimental studies, viz., finite element modeling (FEM), particle image velocimetry (PIV) and in vitro thrombolysis measurements, were performed to estimate the acoustical/streaming field pattern, maximum flow velocity and shear stress on the surface of thrombus, as well as the lysis rate generated at different conditions. These methods aim at verifying the hypothesis that streaming-induced vortices can further accelerate the dissolution of the thrombus and optimized thrombolysis effected can be achieved by adjusting US incident angles. RESULTS The pool data results showed that the variation trends of the flow velocity and shear stress obtained from FEM simulation and PIV experiments are qualitatively consistent with each other. There exists an optimal incident angle that can maximize the flow velocity and shear stress on the surface of thrombus, so that superior stirring and mixing effect can be generated. Furthermore, as the flow velocity and shear stress on thrombus surface are both highly correlated with the thrombolysis effect (the correlation coefficient R1 = 0.988, R2 = 0.958, respectively), the peak value of lysis rate (increase by at least 5.02%) also occurred at 10°. CONCLUSIONS The current results demonstrated that, with appropriately determined incident angle, higher thrombolysis rate could be achieved without increasing the driving pressure. It may shed the light on future US thrombolysis planning strategy that, if combined with other advanced technologies (e.g., machine-learning-based image analysis and image-guided adaptive US emission modulation), more efficient thrombolytic effect could be realized while minimizing undesired side-effects caused by excessively high pressure. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Qi Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructure, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructure, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructure, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructure, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructure, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China.,The State Key Laboratory of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 100080, China
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- School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructure, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- Research Center for Intelligent Sensing, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou, 311100, China.,Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructure, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China.,The State Key Laboratory of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 100080, China
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Zhan J, Zhong L, Wu J. Assessment and Treatment for Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction by Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9:899099. [PMID: 35795368 PMCID: PMC9251174 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.899099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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With growing evidence in clinical practice, the understanding of coronary syndromes has gradually evolved out of focusing on the well-established link between stenosis of epicardial coronary artery and myocardial ischemia to the structural and functional abnormalities at the level of coronary microcirculation, known as coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD). CMD encompasses several pathophysiological mechanisms of coronary microcirculation and is considered as an important cause of myocardial ischemia in patients with angina symptoms without obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). As a result of growing knowledge of the understanding of CMD assessed by multiple non-invasive modalities, CMD has also been found to be involved in other cardiovascular diseases, including primary cardiomyopathies as well as heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). In the past 2 decades, almost all the imaging modalities have been used to non-invasively quantify myocardial blood flow (MBF) and promote a better understanding of CMD. Myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) is a breakthrough as a non-invasive technique, which enables assessment of myocardial perfusion and quantification of MBF, exhibiting promising diagnostic performances that were comparable to other non-invasive techniques. With unique advantages over other non-invasive techniques, MCE has gradually developed into a novel modality for assessment of the coronary microvasculature, which may provide novel insights into the pathophysiological role of CMD in different clinical conditions. Moreover, the sonothrombolysis and the application of artificial intelligence (AI) will offer the opportunity to extend the use of contrast ultrasound theragnostics.
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Dadgar MM, Hynynen K. High-Pressure Low-Frequency Lateral Mode Phased-Array Transducer System for the Treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis: An In Vitro Study. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS, FERROELECTRICS, AND FREQUENCY CONTROL 2022; 69:1088-1099. [PMID: 35020593 DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2022.3141871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) can lead to a fatal disease known as pulmonary embolism. Application of high-power ultrasound has been successful in studies to mechanically fragment the clots. Single-element ultrasound transducers were used in most of the studies. Challenges associated with phased arrays, such as high electrical impedance and element breakdown at high voltages, were addressed in the previous study, and a high-power 64-element transducer module was designed and fabricated. In this study, a cylindrical array of 16 modules with the frequency of 260 kHz was modeled and constructed for DVT thrombolysis. The maximum pressure, focal size, and steering ability of the array were examined. In vitro experiments were conducted to assess the performance of the array. The simulated pressure amplitude of 34 MPa at the depth of 55 mm (average femoral vein (FV) distance from the inner surface of the thigh) was in consistent with the experiments and satisfied the purpose of this study. Moreover, the employed module distribution resulted in a focal spot dimension of 2.4×2.8×7.3 mm3 (at the 75% pressure amplitude level) that can be confined in a human FV with the average diameter of 12 mm. In vitro experiments manifested a partial and complete clot breakdown at 11.5- and 15-MPa pressure at the focus. The design and engineering of the array system was succeeded in maintaining the desired pressure and focal size even when steered. The results presented in this study suggest the potential of the designed array system for clinical applications.
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Contrast Ultrasound, Sonothrombolysis and Sonoperfusion in Cardiovascular Disease: Shifting to Theragnostic Clinical Trials. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2022; 15:345-360. [PMID: 34656483 PMCID: PMC8837667 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.07.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Contrast ultrasound has a variety of applications in cardiovascular medicine, both in diagnosing cardiovascular disease as well as providing prognostic information. Visualization of intravascular contrast microbubbles is based on acoustic cavitation, the characteristic oscillation that results in changes in the reflected ultrasound waves. At high power, this acoustic response generates sufficient shear that is capable of enhancing endothelium-dependent perfusion in atherothrombotic cardiovascular disease (sonoperfusion). The oscillation and collapse of microbubbles in response to ultrasound also induces microstreaming and jetting that can fragment thrombus (sonothrombolysis). Several preclinical studies have focused on identifying optimal diagnostic ultrasound settings and treatment regimens. Clinical trials have been performed in acute myocardial infarction, stroke, and peripheral arterial disease often with improved outcome. In the coming years, results of ongoing clinical trials along with innovation and improvements in sonothrombolysis and sonoperfusion will determine whether this theragnostic technique will become a valuable addition to reperfusion therapy.
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Holman R, Gui L, Lorton O, Guillemin P, Desgranges S, Contino-Pépin C, Salomir R. PFOB sonosensitive microdroplets: determining their interaction radii with focused ultrasound using MR thermometry and a Gaussian convolution kernel computation. Int J Hyperthermia 2022; 39:108-119. [PMID: 35000497 DOI: 10.1080/02656736.2021.2021304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Purpose: Micron-sized perfluorocarbon droplet adjuvants to focused ultrasound therapies allow lower applied power, circumvent unwanted prefocal heating, and enhance thermal dose in highly perfused tissues. The heat enhancement has been shown to saturate at increasing concentrations. Experiments were performed to empirically model the saturating heating effects during focused ultrasound.Materials and methods: The measurements were made at varying concentrations using magnetic resonance thermometry and focused ultrasound by circulating droplets of mean diameter 1.9 to 2.3 µm through a perfused phantom. A simulation was performed to estimate the interaction radius size, empirically.Results: The interaction radius, representing the radius of a sphere encompassing 90% of the probability for the transformation of acoustic energy into heat deposition around a single droplet, was determined experimentally from ultrasonic absorption coefficient measurements The simulations suggest the interaction radius was approximately 12.5-fold larger than the geometrical radius of droplets, corresponding to an interaction volume on the order of 2000 larger than the geometrical volume.Conclusions: The results provide information regarding the dose-response relationship from the droplets, a measure with 15% precision of their interaction radii with focused ultrasound, and subsequent insights into the underlying physical heating mechanism.
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- Ryan Holman
- Image Guided Interventions Laboratory (GR-949), Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Image Guided Interventions Laboratory (GR-949), Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Image Guided Interventions Laboratory (GR-949), Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Image Guided Interventions Laboratory (GR-949), Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Image Guided Interventions Laboratory (GR-949), Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Radiology Division, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Hendley SA, Bhargava A, Holland CK, Wool GD, Ahmed O, Paul JD, Bader KB. (More than) doubling down: Effective fibrinolysis at a reduced rt-PA dose for catheter-directed thrombolysis combined with histotripsy. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0261567. [PMID: 34982784 PMCID: PMC8726487 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 12/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Deep vein thrombosis is a major source of morbidity and mortality worldwide. For acute proximal deep vein thrombosis, catheter-directed thrombolytic therapy is an accepted method for vessel recanalization. Thrombolytic therapy is not without risk, including the potential for hemorrhagic bleeding that increases with lytic dose. Histotripsy is a focused ultrasound therapy that generates bubble clouds spontaneously in tissue at depth. The mechanical activity of histotripsy increases the efficacy of thrombolytic therapy at doses consistent with current pharmacomechanical treatments for venous thrombosis. The objective of this study was to determine the influence of lytic dose on histotripsy-enhanced fibrinolysis. Human whole blood clots formed in vitro were exposed to histotripsy and a thrombolytic agent (recombinant tissue plasminogen activator, rt-PA) in a venous flow model perfused with plasma. Lytic was administered into the clot via an infusion catheter at concentrations ranging from 0 (control) to 4.54 μg/mL (a common clinical dose for catheter-directed thrombolysis). Following treatment, perfusate samples were assayed for markers of fibrinolysis, hemolysis, and intact red blood cells and platelets. Fibrinolysis was equivalent between the common clinical dose of rt-PA (4.54 μg/mL) and rt-PA at a reduction to one-twentieth of the common clinical dose (0.23 μg/mL) when combined with histotripsy. Minimal changes were observed in hemolysis for treatment arms with or without histotripsy, potentially due to clot damage from insertion of the infusion catheter. Likewise, histotripsy did not increase the concentration of red blood cells or platelets in the perfusate following treatment compared to rt-PA alone. At the highest lytic dose, a refined histotripsy exposure scheme was implemented to cover larger areas of the clot. The updated exposure scheme improved clot mass loss and fibrinolysis relative to administration of lytic alone. Overall, the data collected in this study indicate the rt-PA dose can be reduced by more than a factor of ten and still promote fibrinolysis when combined with histotripsy.
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- Samuel A. Hendley
- Committee on Medical Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Committee on Medical Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Stocker GE, Shi J, Ives K, Maxwell AD, Dayton PA, Jiang X, Xu Z, Owens GE. In Vivo Porcine Aged Deep Vein Thrombosis Model for Testing Ultrasound-based Thrombolysis Techniques. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2021; 47:3447-3457. [PMID: 34593277 PMCID: PMC8578380 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2021.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Revised: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
As blood clots age, many thrombolytic techniques become less effective. To fully evaluate these techniques for potential clinical use, a large animal aged-clot model is needed. Previous minimally invasive attempts to allow clots to age in an in vivo large animal model were unsuccessful because of the clot clearance associated with relatively high level of cardiac health of readily available research pigs. Prior models have thus subsequently used invasive surgical techniques with the associated morbidity, animal stress and cost. We propose a method for forming sub-acute venous blood clots in an in-vivo porcine model. The age of the clots can be controlled and varied. By using an intravenous scaffold to anchor the clot to the vessel wall during the aging process, we can show that sub-acute clots can consistently be formed with a minimally invasive, percutaneous approach. The clot formed in this study remained intact for at least 1 wk in all subjects. Therefore, we established a new minimally invasive, large animal aged-clot model for evaluation of thrombolytic techniques.
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- Greyson E Stocker
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
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- Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboraties, Rogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Masomi-Bornwasser J, Fabrig O, Krenzlin H, König J, Tanyildizi Y, Kempski O, Ringel F, Keric N. Systematic Analysis of Combined Thrombolysis Using Ultrasound and Different Fibrinolytic Drugs in an in Vitro Clot Model of Intracerebral Hemorrhage. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2021; 47:1334-1342. [PMID: 33549380 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2021.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Adequate removal of blood clots by minimally invasive surgery seems to correlate with a better clinical outcome in patients with intracerebral hemorrhages (ICHs). Moreover, neurotoxic effects of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator have been reported. The aim of this study was to improve fibrinolysis using an intra-clot ultrasound application with tenecteplase and urokinase in our established ICH clot model. One hundred thirty clots were produced from 25 or 50 mL of human blood, incubated for different periods and equipped with drainage, through which an ultrasound catheter was placed in 65 treatment clots for 1 h, randomly allocated into three groups: administration of ultrasound, administration of 60 IU of tenecteplase or administration of 30,000 IU urokinase. Relative end weights were compared. This study found a significant increase in thrombolysis caused by a combination of ultrasound and fibrinolytic drugs, whereas ultrasound and tenecteplase are significantly more effective in the treatment of larger and aged clots.
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- Julia Masomi-Bornwasser
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute for Neurosurgical Pathophysiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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Lafond M, Salido NG, Haworth KJ, Hannah AS, Macke GP, Genstler C, Holland CK. Cavitation Emissions Nucleated by Definity Infused through an EkoSonic Catheter in a Flow Phantom. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2021; 47:693-709. [PMID: 33349516 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2020.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
The EkoSonic endovascular system has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the controlled and selective infusion of physician specified fluids, including thrombolytics, into the peripheral vasculature and the pulmonary arteries. The objective of this study was to explore whether this catheter technology could sustain cavitation nucleated by infused Definity, to support subsequent studies of ultrasound-mediated drug delivery to diseased arteries. The concentration and attenuation spectroscopy of Definity were assayed before and after infusion at 0.3, 2.0 and 4.0 mL/min through the EkoSonic catheter. PCI was used to map and quantify stable and inertial cavitation as a function of Definity concentration in a flow phantom mimicking the porcine femoral artery. The 2.0 mL/min infusion rate yielded the highest surviving Definity concentration and acoustic attenuation. Cavitation was sustained throughout each 15 ms ultrasound pulse, as well as throughout the 3 min infusion. These results demonstrate a potential pathway to use cavitation nucleation to promote drug delivery with the EkoSonic endovascular system.
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- Maxime Lafond
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Kleven RT, Karani KB, Hilvert N, Ford SM, Mercado-Shekhar KP, Racadio JM, Rao MB, Abruzzo TA, Holland CK. Accelerated sonothrombolysis with Definity in a xenographic porcine cerebral thromboembolism model. Sci Rep 2021; 11:3987. [PMID: 33597659 PMCID: PMC7889614 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83442-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Adjuvant ultrasound at 2 MHz with or without an ultrasound contrast agent improves the rate of thrombus resolution by recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) in laboratory and clinical studies. A sub-megahertz approach can further expand this therapy to a subset of patients with an insufficient temporal bone window, improving efficacy in unselected patient populations. The aim of this study was to determine if a clinical ultrasound contrast agent (UCA), Definity, and 220 kHz pulsed ultrasound accelerated rt-PA thrombolysis in a preclinical animal model of vascular occlusion. The effect of Definity and ultrasound on thrombus clearance was first investigated in vitro and subsequently tested in a xenographic porcine cerebral thromboembolism model in vivo. Two different microcatheter designs (end-hole, multi-side-hole) were used to infuse rt-PA and Definity at the proximal edge or directly into clots, respectively. Sonothrombolysis with Definity increased clot mass loss relative to saline or rt-PA alone in vitro, only when rt-PA was administered directly into clots via a multi-side-hole microcatheter. Combined treatment with rt-PA, Definity, and ultrasound in vivo increased the rate of reperfusion up to 45 min faster than clots treated with rt-PA or saline. In this porcine cerebral thromboembolism model employing retracted human clots, 220 kHz ultrasound, in conjunction with Definity increased the probability of early successful reperfusion with rt-PA.
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- Robert T Kleven
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Cincinnati, CVC 3921, 0586, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH, 45267-0586, USA.
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- Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Cincinnati, CVC 3921, 0586, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH, 45267-0586, USA
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- Division of Radiology, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Department of Radiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Cincinnati, CVC 3921, 0586, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH, 45267-0586, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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El Kadi S, Porter TR, van Rossum AC, Kamp O. Sonothrombolysis in the ambulance for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: rationale and protocol. Neth Heart J 2020; 29:330-337. [PMID: 33184756 PMCID: PMC8160072 DOI: 10.1007/s12471-020-01516-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Treatment of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has improved over the years. Current challenges in the management of STEMI are achievement of early reperfusion and the prevention of microvascular injury. Sonothrombolysis has emerged as a potential treatment for acute myocardial infarction, both for epicardial recanalisation as well as improving microvascular perfusion. This study aims to determine safety and feasibility of sonothrombolysis application in STEMI patients in the ambulance. Methods Ten patients with STEMI will be included and treated with sonothrombolysis in the ambulance during transfer to the PCI centre. Safety will be assessed by the occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias and shock during sonothrombolysis intervention. Feasibility will be assessed by the extent of protocol completion and myocardial visibility. Efficacy will be determined by angiographic patency rate, ST-elevation resolution, infarct size and left ventricular volumes, and function measured with cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging, and contrast and strain echocardiography. A comparison will be made with matched controls using an existing STEMI database. Discussion Sonothrombolysis is a novel technique for the treatment of cardiovascular thromboembolic disease. The first clinical trials on its use for STEMI have demonstrated promising results. This study will be the first to examine the feasibility of in-ambulance sonothrombolysis for STEMI. Trial registration EU Clinical Trials Register (identifier: 2019-001883-31), registered 2020-02-25.
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- S El Kadi
- Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC Location VUMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC Location VUMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC Location VUMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Goel L, Wu H, Kim H, Zhang B, Kim J, Dayton PA, Xu Z, Jiang X. Examining the Influence of Low-Dose Tissue Plasminogen Activator on Microbubble-Mediated Forward-Viewing Intravascular Sonothrombolysis. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2020; 46:1698-1706. [PMID: 32389332 PMCID: PMC7293952 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2020.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Revised: 02/01/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
Abstract
Previous work revealed that a forward-viewing intravascular (FVI) transducer can be used for microbubble (MB)-mediated sonothrombolysis and that the clot lysis was dependent on MB concentration. This study examined the effects of combining tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) with MB-mediated FVI sonothrombolysis. In vitro clot lysis and passive cavitation experiments were conducted to study the effect of low-dose tPA in FVI sonothrombolysis with varying MB concentrations. Enhanced FVI sonothrombolysis was observed in cases in which ultrasound (US) was combined with tPA or MBs compared with control, tPA alone or US alone. The lysis rate of US + tPA + MBs was improved by up to 130%, 31% and 8% for MB concentrations of 106, 107 and 108 MBs/mL, respectively, compared with MBs + US alone. Changes in stable and inertial cavitation doses were observed, corresponding to changes in clot lysis in MB-mediated FVI sonothrombolysis with and without tPA.
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- Leela Goel
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
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Kooiman K, Roovers S, Langeveld SAG, Kleven RT, Dewitte H, O'Reilly MA, Escoffre JM, Bouakaz A, Verweij MD, Hynynen K, Lentacker I, Stride E, Holland CK. Ultrasound-Responsive Cavitation Nuclei for Therapy and Drug Delivery. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2020; 46:1296-1325. [PMID: 32165014 PMCID: PMC7189181 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2020.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Therapeutic ultrasound strategies that harness the mechanical activity of cavitation nuclei for beneficial tissue bio-effects are actively under development. The mechanical oscillations of circulating microbubbles, the most widely investigated cavitation nuclei, which may also encapsulate or shield a therapeutic agent in the bloodstream, trigger and promote localized uptake. Oscillating microbubbles can create stresses either on nearby tissue or in surrounding fluid to enhance drug penetration and efficacy in the brain, spinal cord, vasculature, immune system, biofilm or tumors. This review summarizes recent investigations that have elucidated interactions of ultrasound and cavitation nuclei with cells, the treatment of tumors, immunotherapy, the blood-brain and blood-spinal cord barriers, sonothrombolysis, cardiovascular drug delivery and sonobactericide. In particular, an overview of salient ultrasound features, drug delivery vehicles, therapeutic transport routes and pre-clinical and clinical studies is provided. Successful implementation of ultrasound and cavitation nuclei-mediated drug delivery has the potential to change the way drugs are administered systemically, resulting in more effective therapeutics and less-invasive treatments.
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- Klazina Kooiman
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Ghent Research Group on Nanomedicines, Lab for General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Ghent Research Group on Nanomedicines, Lab for General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Therapy, Medical School of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Physical Sciences Platform, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- UMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, Inserm, Tours, France
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Laboratory of Acoustical Wavefield Imaging, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Physical Sciences Platform, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Ghent Research Group on Nanomedicines, Lab for General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Goel L, Jiang X. Advances in Sonothrombolysis Techniques Using Piezoelectric Transducers. SENSORS 2020; 20:s20051288. [PMID: 32120902 PMCID: PMC7085655 DOI: 10.3390/s20051288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Revised: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
One of the great advancements in the applications of piezoelectric materials is the application for therapeutic medical ultrasound for sonothrombolysis. Sonothrombolysis is a promising ultrasound based technique to treat blood clots compared to conventional thrombolytic treatments or mechanical thrombectomy. Recent clinical trials using transcranial Doppler ultrasound, microbubble mediated sonothrombolysis, and catheter directed sonothrombolysis have shown promise. However, these conventional sonothrombolysis techniques still pose clinical safety limitations, preventing their application for standard of care. Recent advances in sonothrombolysis techniques including targeted and drug loaded microbubbles, phase change nanodroplets, high intensity focused ultrasound, histotripsy, and improved intravascular transducers, address some of the limitations of conventional sonothrombolysis treatments. Here, we review the strengths and limitations of these latest pre-clincial advancements for sonothrombolysis and their potential to improve clinical blood clot treatments.
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- Leela Goel
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7910, USA;
- Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Raleigh, NC 27695-7910, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7910, USA;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-919-515-5240
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Bollen V, Hendley SA, Paul JD, Maxwell AD, Haworth KJ, Holland CK, Bader KB. In Vitro Thrombolytic Efficacy of Single- and Five-Cycle Histotripsy Pulses and rt-PA. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2020; 46:336-349. [PMID: 31785841 PMCID: PMC6930350 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2019.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Revised: 10/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
Abstract
Although primarily known as an ablative modality, histotripsy can increase the efficacy of lytic therapy in a retracted venous clot model. Bubble cloud oscillations are the primary mechanism of action for histotripsy, and the type of bubble activity is dependent on the pulse duration. A retracted human venous clot model was perfused with and without the thrombolytic recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA). The clot was exposed to histotripsy pulses of single- or five-cycle duration and peak negative pressures of 0-30 MPa. Bubble activity within the clot was monitored via passive cavitation imaging. The combination of histotripsy and rt-PA was more efficacious than rt-PA alone for single- and five-cycle pulses with peak negative pressures of 25 and 20 MPa, respectively. For both excitation schemes, the detected acoustic emissions correlated with the degree of thrombolytic efficacy. These results indicate that rt-PA and single- or multicycle histotripsy pulses enhance thrombolytic therapy.
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- Viktor Bollen
- Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Graduate Program of Medical Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Medicine-Cardiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Committee on Medical Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Ma L, Wang Y, Zhang S, Qian X, Xue N, Jiang Z, Akakuru OU, Li J, Xu Y, Wu A. Deep Penetration of Targeted Nanobubbles Enhanced Cavitation Effect on Thrombolytic Capacity. Bioconjug Chem 2019; 31:369-374. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.9b00653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Ling Ma
- Department of Ultrasound, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo 315010, China
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- Cixi Institute of Biomedical Engineering, CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Key Laboratory of Additive Manufacturing Materials of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo 315010, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo 315010, China
- Medical School of Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo 315010, China
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- Cixi Institute of Biomedical Engineering, CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Key Laboratory of Additive Manufacturing Materials of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Cixi Institute of Biomedical Engineering, CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Key Laboratory of Additive Manufacturing Materials of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Cixi Institute of Biomedical Engineering, CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Key Laboratory of Additive Manufacturing Materials of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Ningbo First Hospital, Ningbo 315010, China
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- Cixi Institute of Biomedical Engineering, CAS Key Laboratory of Magnetic Materials and Devices, Key Laboratory of Additive Manufacturing Materials of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
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Kleven RT, Karani KB, Salido NG, Shekhar H, Haworth KJ, Mast TD, Tadesse DG, Holland CK. The effect of 220 kHz insonation scheme on rt-PA thrombolytic efficacy in vitro. Phys Med Biol 2019; 64:165015. [PMID: 31189149 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ab293b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Ultrasound-enhanced recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) thrombolysis is under development as an adjuvant to ischemic stroke therapy. The goal of this study was to design a pulsed ultrasound (US) exposure scheme that reduced intracranial constructive interference and tissue heating, and maintained thrombolytic efficacy relative to continuous wave (CW) insonation. Three 220 kHz US schemes were evaluated, two pulsed insonation schemes (15 cycles, 68 µs pulse duration, 33% or 62.5% duty cycle) and an intermittent CW insonation scheme (50 s active, 30 s quiescent) over a 30-min treatment period. An in silico study using a finite-difference model of transcranial US propagation was performed to estimate the intracranial acoustic field and temperature rise in the skull for each insonation scheme. In vitro measurements with flow were performed to assess thrombolysis using time-lapse microscopy. Intracranial constructive interference was not reduced with pulsed US using a pulse length of 15 cycles compared to intermittent CW US. The 33.3% duty cycle pulsed US scheme reduced heating in the temporal bone as much as 60% relative to the intermittent CW scheme. All insonation schemes promoted sustained stable cavitation in vitro and augmented thrombolysis compared to rt-PA alone (p < 0.05). Ultraharmonic (UH) and harmonic cumulative energy over a 30 min treatment period was significantly higher (p < 0.05) for the intermittent CW US scheme compared to either pulsed US scheme. Despite the difference in cavitation emissions, no difference was observed in the clot lysis between the three US schemes. These findings demonstrate that a 33.3% duty cycle pulsed US scheme with a 15-cycle burst can reduce bone heating and achieve equivalent thrombolytic efficacy as an intermittent CW scheme.
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- Robert T Kleven
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States of America. Robert Kleven, CVC 3921, 0586, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0586, United States of America. Author to whom any correspondence should be addressed
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Frühwald T, Gärtner U, Stöckmann N, Marxsen JH, Gramsch C, Roessler FC. In vitro examination of the thrombolytic efficacy of tenecteplase and therapeutic ultrasound compared to rt-PA. BMC Neurol 2019; 19:181. [PMID: 31375069 PMCID: PMC6676584 DOI: 10.1186/s12883-019-1404-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background Optimizing thrombolytic therapy is vital for improving stroke outcomes. We aimed to develop standardized thrombolysis conditions to evaluate the efficacy of tenecteplase (TNK) compared to the current gold standard rt-PA (alteplase), with and without additional ultrasound treatment. We also wanted to introduce a new analytical approach to quantify fibrin fiber density in transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Methods In vitro clots that are similar to ex vivo clots concerning their histological condition and their durability were generated from whole blood. For five treatment groups we compared relative clot weight loss (each n = 60) and fibrin fiber density in TEM (each n = 5). The control group (A) was treated only with plasma. Two groups were designated for each rt-PA (B + C) and TNK (D + E). Groups C and E were additionally treated with ultrasound. Dosages were 50 μg/ml for rt-PA and 30 μg/ml for TNK. Results were evaluated by using analyses of variance (ANOVA) and post-hoc t-tests. Results Weight loss was increased significantly for all groups compared to the control group. Both TNK groups showed significantly increased weight loss compared to their counterpart rt-PA group (p ≤ 0.001). For TEM only group D showed significantly decreased fibrin fiber density (p < 0.05) compared to both rt-PA groups. Ultrasound did not significantly increase dissolution of clots with either method (best p = 0.16). Conclusions Tenecteplase dissolved clots more effectively than rt-PA with and without ultrasound. A higher sample size could provide more convincing results for TEM.
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- Tobias Frühwald
- Department of Neurology, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Klinikstraße 33, 35385, Gießen, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Aulweg 123, 35392, Gießen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Klinikstraße 33, 35385, Gießen, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Klinikstraße 33, 35385, Gießen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Klinikstraße 33, 35385, Gießen, Germany. .,Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Universitätsklinikum Standort Gießen, Klinikstraße 33, 35385, Gießen, Germany.
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Shekhar H, Kleven RT, Peng T, Palaniappan A, Karani KB, Huang S, McPherson DD, Holland CK. In vitro characterization of sonothrombolysis and echocontrast agents to treat ischemic stroke. Sci Rep 2019; 9:9902. [PMID: 31289285 PMCID: PMC6616381 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-46112-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The development of adjuvant techniques to improve thrombolytic efficacy is important for advancing ischemic stroke therapy. We characterized octafluoropropane and recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA)-loaded echogenic liposomes (OFP t-ELIP) using differential interference and fluorescence microscopy, attenuation spectroscopy, and electrozone sensing. The loading of rt-PA in OFP t-ELIP was assessed using spectrophotometry. Further, it was tested whether the agent shields rt-PA against degradation by plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1). An in vitro system was used to assess whether ultrasound (US) combined with either Definity or OFP t-ELIP enhances rt-PA thrombolysis. Human whole blood clots were mounted in a flow system and visualized using an inverted microscope. The perfusate consisted of either (1) plasma alone, (2) rt-PA, (3) OFP t-ELIP, (4) rt-PA and US, (5) OFP t-ELIP and US, (6) Definity and US, or (7) rt-PA, Definity, and US (n = 16 clots per group). An intermittent US insonation scheme was employed (220 kHz frequency, and 0.44 MPa peak-to-peak pressures) for 30 min. Microscopic imaging revealed that OFP t-ELIP included a variety of structures such as liposomes (with and without gas) and lipid-shelled microbubbles. OFP t-ELIP preserved up to 76% of rt-PA activity in the presence of PAI-1, whereas only 24% activity was preserved for unencapsulated rt-PA. The use of US with rt-PA and Definity enhanced lytic efficacy (p < 0.05) relative to rt-PA alone. US combined with OFP t-ELIP enhanced lysis over OFP t-ELIP alone (p < 0.01). These results demonstrate that ultrasound combined with Definity or OFP t-ELIP can enhance the lytic activity relative to rt-PA or OFP t-ELIP alone, respectively.
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- Himanshu Shekhar
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Liu L, Du J, Zheng T, Hu S, Zhao M, Wang X, Wu S, Wu S, Shi Q. Readout-segmented echo-planar diffusion-weighted MR at 3.0 T for the evaluation the effect of low-intensity transcranial ultrasound on stroke in a rat model. Magn Reson Imaging 2019; 67:79-84. [PMID: 31278999 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2019.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2019] [Revised: 06/22/2019] [Accepted: 06/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the feasibility of the relative apparent diffusion coefficient (rADC) values based on readout-segmented echo-planar diffusion sequence in evaluation the effects of low-intensity transcranial ultrasound (LIPUS) on ischemic stroke in rat models at different onset times. METHODS Sixty Sprague-Dawley rats (weight, 250 ± 10 g) were divided randomly into six groups (n = 10) to establish a permanent model of distal middle cerebral artery occlusion (dMCAO). The rats were stimulated with ultrasound for 10 min in the LIPUS groups at 0.5 h, 1 h, 3 h, 6 h, and 9 h after dMCAO (denoted as the LIPUS group (0.5 h), LIPUS group (1 h), LIPUS group (3 h), LIPUS group (6 h), LIPUS group (9 h), and Control group without ultrasound stimulation). Magnetic resonance imaging was acquired at 0.5 h and 1 h after dMCAO and then at 1-hour intervals until 12 h. The rADC values were then measured and calculated. The pathological results from the rat brains were obtained after the experiment. RESULTS When LIPUS was applied 0.5 h after dMCAO, the rate of decline of rADC values in the early stages were significantly reduced and the final rADC values were significantly increased. When LIPUS were applied at 1 h, 3 h, and 6 h, the final rADC values only increased slightly and did not prevent early declines. No significant difference of ultrasound stimulation at 9 h was found. CONCLUSION The rADC values demonstrated difference at different time points after dMCAO between with and without LIPUS groups.
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- Lanxiang Liu
- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Qinhuangdao Municipal No. 1 Hospital, Qinhuangdao, China.
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Qinhuangdao Municipal No. 1 Hospital, Qinhuangdao, China; Graduate School of Hebei Medical University, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Qinhuangdao Municipal No. 1 Hospital, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Institute of Electrical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Department of Pathology, Qinhuangdao Municipal No. 1 Hospital, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Qinhuangdao Municipal No. 1 Hospital, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Qinhuangdao Municipal No. 1 Hospital, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Qinhuangdao Municipal No. 1 Hospital, Qinhuangdao, China; Graduate School of Hebei Medical University, China
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Bader KB, Vlaisavljevich E, Maxwell AD. For Whom the Bubble Grows: Physical Principles of Bubble Nucleation and Dynamics in Histotripsy Ultrasound Therapy. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2019; 45:1056-1080. [PMID: 30922619 PMCID: PMC6524960 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2018.10.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Revised: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Histotripsy is a focused ultrasound therapy for non-invasive tissue ablation. Unlike thermally ablative forms of therapeutic ultrasound, histotripsy relies on the mechanical action of bubble clouds for tissue destruction. Although acoustic bubble activity is often characterized as chaotic, the short-duration histotripsy pulses produce a unique and consistent type of cavitation for tissue destruction. In this review, the action of histotripsy-induced bubbles is discussed. Sources of bubble nuclei are reviewed, and bubble activity over the course of single and multiple pulses is outlined. Recent innovations in terms of novel acoustic excitations, exogenous nuclei for targeted ablation and histotripsy-enhanced drug delivery and image guidance metrics are discussed. Finally, gaps in knowledge of the histotripsy process are highlighted, along with suggested means to expedite widespread clinical utilization of histotripsy.
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- Kenneth B Bader
- Department of Radiology and Committee on Medical Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Cheng M, Li F, Han T, Yu ACH, Qin P. Effects of ultrasound pulse parameters on cavitation properties of flowing microbubbles under physiologically relevant conditions. ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY 2019; 52:512-521. [PMID: 30642801 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2018.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Revised: 12/03/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Acoustic cavitation from ultrasound-driven microbubbles can induce diverse bioeffects that are useful in clinical therapy. However, lack of control over the cavitation activity of flowing microbubbles results in unwanted treatment regions in the targeted tissue, which influences the therapeutic efficacy and bio-safety. The aim of this study is to understand the relationship between the ultrasound pulse parameters and cavitation properties of flowing microbubbles, including the type (and transition between types), threshold, intensity and temporal distribution of cavitation. An in vitro physiological-flow phantom was fabricated, in which the microbubbles had a constant velocity, and were sonicated to a 1-MHz focused transducer at a wide range of peak negative pressures (PNPs) (0.10-1.28 MPa), pulse repetition frequencies (PRFs) (1-200 Hz) and pulse lengths (PLs) (10-400 μs). The signals from the flowing bubbles were passively detected by another 7.5-MHz plane transducer. From detailed time- and frequency-domain analysis, we found 1). The occurrence of stable cavitation (SC) and inertial cavitation (IC) depended on PNP and PL when the PRF was below a critical value (PRF threshold) that related to the fluid velocity and PNP full width at half maximum diameter of the transducer. 2) Below the PRF threshold, the PL had no influence on the temporal distribution of SC intensity; however, above the PRF threshold, the SC properties depended on the PL because of acoustically-driven diffusion. Specifically, at shorter PLs, the SC intensity had a uniform temporal distribution and was independent of the PRF; at longer PLs, the SC intensity correlated negatively with the PRF. 3) Below the PRF threshold, the IC properties were independent of the PRF. Increasing the PRF above the PRF threshold caused the IC intensity to decrease with a non-uniform temporal distribution. These results indicate that the fluid velocity and a pulsed acoustic field influence the number and properties of the replenished bubbles into the targeted region, resulting in the change of cavitation properties. In future therapeutic applications, the physiological fluid conditions must be taken into consideration to design reasonable pulse parameters and achieve desirable cavitation properties.
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- Mouwen Cheng
- Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
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Anthony GJ, Bader KB, Wang J, Zamora M, Ostdiek A, Antic T, Krueger S, Weiss S, Trogler WC, Blair SL, Kummel AC, Sammet S. MRI-guided transurethral insonation of silica-shell phase-shift emulsions in the prostate with an advanced navigation platform. Med Phys 2019; 46:774-788. [PMID: 30414276 PMCID: PMC6367027 DOI: 10.1002/mp.13279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Revised: 10/24/2018] [Accepted: 10/26/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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PURPOSE In this study, the efficacy of transurethral prostate ablation in the presence of silica-shell ultrasound-triggered phase-shift emulsions (sUPEs) doped with MR contrast was evaluated. The influence of sUPEs on MR imaging assessment of the ablation zone was also investigated. METHODS sUPEs were doped with a magnetic resonance (MR) contrast agent, Gd2 O3 , to assess ultrasound transition. Injections of saline (sham), saline and sUPEs alone, and saline and sUPEs with Optison microbubbles were performed under guidance of a prototype interventional MRI navigation platform in a healthy canine prostate. Treatment arms were evaluated for differences in lesion size, T1 contrast, and temperature. In addition, non-perfused areas (NPAs) on dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI, 55°C isotherms, and areas of 240 cumulative equivalent minutes at 43°C (CEM43 ) dose or greater computed from MR thermometry were measured and correlated with ablated areas indicated by histology. RESULTS For treatment arms including sUPEs, the computed correlation coefficients between the histological ablation zone and the NPA, 55°C isotherm, and 240 CEM43 area ranged from 0.96-0.99, 0.98-0.99, and 0.91-0.99, respectively. In the absence of sUPEs, the computed correlation coefficients between the histological ablation zone and the NPA, 55°C isotherm, and 240 CEM43 area were 0.69, 0.54, and 0.50, respectively. Across all treatment arms, the areas of thermal tissue damage and NPAs were not significantly different (P = 0.47). Areas denoted by 55°C isotherms and 240 CEM43 dose boundaries were significantly larger than the areas of thermal damage, again for all treatment arms (P = 0.009 and 0.003, respectively). No significant differences in lesion size, T1 contrast, or temperature were observed between any of the treatment arms (P > 0.0167). Lesions exhibiting thermal fixation on histological analysis were present in six of nine insonations involving sUPE injections and one of five insonations involving saline sham injections. Significantly larger areas (P = 0.002), higher temperatures (P = 0.004), and more frequent ring patterns of restricted diffusion on ex vivo diffusion-weighted imaging (P = 0.005) were apparent in lesions with thermal fixation. CONCLUSIONS T1 contrast suggesting sUPE transition was not evident in sUPE treatment arms. The use of MR imaging metrics to predict prostate ablation was not diminished by the presence of sUPEs. Lesions generated in the presence of sUPEs exhibited more frequent thermal fixation, though there were no significant changes in the ablation areas when comparing arms with and without sUPEs. Thermal fixation corresponded to some qualitative imaging features.
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- The University of California San DiegoSan DiegoCA92093USA
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- The University of California San DiegoSan DiegoCA92093USA
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Shi A, Lundt J, Deng Z, Macoskey J, Gurm H, Owens G, Zhang X, Hall TL, Xu Z. Integrated Histotripsy and Bubble Coalescence Transducer for Thrombolysis. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2018; 44:2697-2709. [PMID: 30279032 PMCID: PMC6215517 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2018.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Revised: 08/16/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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After the collapse of a cavitation bubble cloud, residual microbubbles can persist for up to seconds and function as weak cavitation nuclei for subsequent pulses in a phenomenon known as cavitation memory effect. In histotripsy, the cavitation memory effect can cause bubble clouds to repeatedly form at the same discrete set of sites. This effect limits the efficacy of histotripsy-based tissue fractionation. Our previous studies have indicated that low-amplitude bubble-coalescing (BC) ultrasound sequences interleaved with high-amplitude histotripsy pulses can coalesce the residual bubbles into one large bubble quickly. This reduces the cavitation memory effect and may increase treatment efficacy. Histotripsy has been investigated for thrombolysis by breaking up clots into debris smaller than red blood cells. However, this treatment has low efficacy for aged or retracted clots. In this study, we investigate the use of histotripsy with BC to improve the efficacy of treatment of retracted clots. An integrated histotripsy and bubble-coalescing (HBC) transducer system with specialized electronic driving system was built in-house. One high-amplitude (32 MPa), one-cycle histotripsy pulse followed by 36 low-amplitude (2.4 MPa), one-cycle BC pulses formed one HBC sequence. Results indicate that HBC sequences successfully generated a flow channel through the retracted clots at scan speeds of 0.2-0.5 mm/s. The channel size created using the HBC sequence was 128% to 480% larger than that created using histotripsy alone. The clot debris particles generated during HBC treatments were within the tolerable range. These results illustrate the concept that BC improves the treatment efficacy of histotripsy thrombolysis for retracted clots.
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- Aiwei Shi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Fitbit Corporation, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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A systematic review of ultrasound-accelerated catheter-directed thrombolysis in the treatment of deep vein thrombosis. J Thromb Thrombolysis 2018; 45:440-451. [DOI: 10.1007/s11239-018-1629-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Bader KB, Haworth KJ, Maxwell AD, Holland CK. Post Hoc Analysis of Passive Cavitation Imaging for Classification of Histotripsy-Induced Liquefaction in Vitro. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2018; 37:106-115. [PMID: 28783627 PMCID: PMC5816682 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2017.2735238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Histotripsy utilizes focused ultrasound to generate bubble clouds for transcutaneous tissue liquefaction. Bubble activity maps are under development to provide image guidance and monitor treatment progress. The aim of this paper was to investigate the feasibility of using plane wave B-mode and passive cavitation images to be used as binary classifiers of histotripsy-induced liquefaction. Prostate tissue phantoms were exposed to histotripsy pulses over a range of pulse durations (5- ) and peak negative pressures (12-23 MPa). Acoustic emissions were recorded during the insonation and beamformed to form passive cavitation images. Plane wave B-mode images were acquired following the insonation to detect the hyperechoic bubble cloud. Phantom samples were sectioned and stained to delineate the liquefaction zone. Correlation between passive cavitation and plane wave B-mode images and the liquefaction zone was assessed using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Liquefaction of the phantom was observed for all the insonation conditions. The area under the ROC (0.94 versus 0.82), accuracy (0.90 versus 0.83), and sensitivity (0.81 versus 0.49) was greater for passive cavitation images relative to B-mode images ( ) along the azimuth of the liquefaction zone. The specificity was greater than 0.9 for both imaging modalities. These results demonstrate a stronger correlation between histotripsy-induced liquefaction and passive cavitation imaging compared with the plane wave B-mode imaging, albeit with limited passive cavitation image range resolution.
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- Kenneth B. Bader
- Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60617 () and also with the Graduate Program in Medical Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60617
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- Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, and also with the Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267
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- Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195
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- Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, and also with the Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267
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Lazarus C, Pouliopoulos AN, Tinguely M, Garbin V, Choi JJ. Clustering dynamics of microbubbles exposed to low-pressure 1-MHz ultrasound. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2017; 142:3135. [PMID: 29195473 DOI: 10.1121/1.5010170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Ultrasound-driven microbubbles have been used in therapeutic applications to deliver drugs across capillaries and into cells or to dissolve blood clots. Yet the performance and safety of these applications have been difficult to control. Microbubbles exposed to ultrasound not only volumetrically oscillate, but also move due to acoustic radiation, or Bjerknes, forces. The purpose of this work was to understand the extent to which microbubbles moved and clustered due to secondary Bjerknes forces. A microbubble population was exposed to a 1-MHz ultrasound pulse with a peak-rarefactional pressure of 50-100 kPa and a pulse length of 20 ms. Microbubbles exposed to low-pressure therapeutic ultrasound were observed to cluster at clustering rates of 0.01-0.02 microbubbles per duration (in ms) per initial average inter-bubble distance (in μm), resulting in 1 to 3 clustered microbubbles per initial average inter-bubble distance (in μm). Higher pressures caused faster clustering rates and a larger number of clustered microbubbles. Experimental data revealed clustering time scales, cluster localizations, and cluster sizes that were in reasonable agreement with simulations using a time-averaged model at low pressures. This study demonstrates that clustering of microbubbles occurs within a few milliseconds and is likely to influence the distribution of stimuli produced in therapeutic applications.
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- Carole Lazarus
- Bioengineering Department, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BP, United Kingdom
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Bioengineering Department, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BP, United Kingdom
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Papadopoulos N, Kyriacou PA, Damianou C. Review of Protocols Used in Ultrasound Thrombolysis. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2017; 26:2447-2469. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2017.07.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2016] [Revised: 07/01/2017] [Accepted: 07/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Gao S, Zhu Q, Guo M, Gao Y, Dong X, Chen Z, Liu Z, Xie F. Ultrasound and Intra-Clot Microbubbles Enhanced Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis in Vitro and in Vivo. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2017; 43:1671-1678. [PMID: 28479088 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2017] [Revised: 03/03/2017] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Insufficient penetration of microbubbles (MBs) into the vessel-obstructing thrombi significantly reduces the effectiveness of ultrasound thrombolysis (UT). The widely performed catheter-directed therapy (CDT) makes it possible to increase the local concentration of MBs in the clot. In an occluded vessel with a bypass, treatment of fresh human whole blood clots with CDT-based UT (intra-clot injection of MBs and urokinase, with ultrasound exposure) resulted in a significantly higher percentage of weight loss (35.32 ± 15.42%), compared with CDT alone (19.64 ± 4.71%), non-CDT-based UT (systemic administration of urokinase and MBs, with ultrasound exposure, 8.79 ± 3.02%) and systemic thrombolysis (7.90 ± 2.14). Ultrasound and intra-clot MB enhancement of CDT was further confirmed by a rabbit IVC thrombolysis study, where CDT-based UT resulted in significantly more effective thrombolysis compared with CDT alone. In summary, combining CDT with intra-clot MB-induced acoustic cavitation can improve thrombolysis.
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- Shunji Gao
- Department of Ultrasound, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
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- Internal Medicine Cardiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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Zhang X, Macoskey JJ, Ives K, Owens GE, Gurm HS, Shi J, Pizzuto M, Cain CA, Xu Z. Non-Invasive Thrombolysis Using Microtripsy in a Porcine Deep Vein Thrombosis Model. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2017; 43:1378-1390. [PMID: 28457630 PMCID: PMC5440202 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.01.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2016] [Revised: 01/15/2017] [Accepted: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Histotripsy is a non-invasive therapeutic technique that uses ultrasound generated from outside the body to create controlled cavitation in targeted tissue, and fractionates it into acellular debris. We have developed a new histotripsy approach, termed microtripsy, to improve targeting accuracy and to avoid collateral tissue damage. This in vivo study evaluates the safety and efficacy of microtripsy for non-invasive thrombolysis in a porcine deep vein thrombosis model. Acute thrombi were formed in left femoral veins of pigs (∼35 kg) by occluding the vessel using two balloon catheters and infusing with thrombin. Guided by real-time ultrasound imaging, microtripsy thrombolysis treatment was conducted in 14 pigs; 10 pigs were euthanized on the same day (acute) and 4 at 2 wk (subacute). To evaluate vessel damage, 30-min free-flow treatment in the right femoral vein (no thrombus) was also conducted in 8 acute pigs. Blood flow was successfully restored or significantly increased after treatment in 13 of the 14 pigs. The flow channels re-opened by microtripsy had a diameter up to 64% of the vessel diameter (∼6 mm). The average treatment time was 16 min per centimeter-long thrombus. Only mild intravascular hemolysis was induced during microtripsy thrombolysis. No damage was observed on vessel walls after 2 wk of recovery, venous valves were preserved, and there was no sign of pulmonary embolism. The results of this study indicate that microtripsy has the potential to be a safe and effective treatment for deep vein thrombosis in a porcine model.
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- Xi Zhang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Huang S, Shekhar H, Holland CK. Comparative lytic efficacy of rt-PA and ultrasound in porcine versus human clots. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0177786. [PMID: 28545055 PMCID: PMC5435301 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2016] [Accepted: 05/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Introduction Porcine thrombi are employed routinely in preclinical models of ischemic stroke. In this study, we examined the differential lytic susceptibility of porcine and human whole blood clots with and without the use of microbubbles and ultrasound (US) as an adjuvant. Materials and methods An in vitro system equipped with time-lapse microscopy was used to evaluate recombinant tissue-plasminogen activator (rt-PA) lysis of porcine and human clots in the same species or cross species plasma. Human and porcine whole blood clots were treated with rt-PA and an echo contrast agent, Definity®, and exposed to intermittent 120 kHz US. Results and conclusions The rt-PA lytic efficacy observed for porcine clots in porcine plasma was 22 times lower than for human clots in human plasma reported previously. Further, porcine clots did not exhibit increased lysis with adjuvant Definity® and US exposure. However, the rt-PA lytic susceptibility of the porcine clots in human plasma was similar to that of human clots in human plasma. Human clots perfused with porcine plasma did not respond to rt-PA, but adjuvant use of Definity® and US enhanced lysis. These results reveal considerable differences in lytic susceptibility of porcine clots and human clots to rt-PA. The use of porcine clot models to test new human thrombolytic therapies may necessitate modulation of coagulation and thrombolytic factors to reflect human hemostasis accurately.
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- Shenwen Huang
- Department of Biomedical, Chemical, & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical, Chemical, & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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Wang Z, Sawaguchi Y, Hirose H, Ohara K, Sakamoto S, Mitsumura H, Ogawa T, Iguchi Y, Yokoyama M. An In Vitro Assay for Sonothrombolysis Based on the Spectrophotometric Measurement of Clot Thickness. JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE 2017; 36:681-698. [PMID: 28150461 DOI: 10.7863/ultra.15.11018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2015] [Revised: 05/30/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVES For improved thrombolysis therapy based on ultrasound irradiation, researchers and practitioners would strongly benefit from an easy and efficient in vitro assay system of thrombolysis activity involving irradiated ultrasound. For the present study, we designed a new in vitro sonothrombolysis assay system using a sheet-type clot. METHODS We designed a cell for clot assay, and we confirmed that this clot cell did not significantly intervene in the acoustic field. Using human plasma, we made a sheet-type clot in the cell. Clot thicknesses at 100 points along 4 directions were measured photometrically at a rate of approximately 4 points/s. RESULTS The sonothrombolysis effects at 13 levels of ultrasonic intensity were obtained with only one sheet-type clot. With this method, we used a clinically oriented probe at 0.7 and 0.3 W/cm2 to confirm that sonothrombolysis took place. CONCLUSIONS We successfully established a new, easy, and efficient method for conducting in vitro sonothrombolysis assays. This method involves little intervention of either ultrasound reflection or standing waves in the clot cell. We believe that this new assay method is very useful for fundamental analyses of ultrasound's thrombolysis effects.
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- Zuojun Wang
- Division of Medical Engineering, Research Center for Medical Sciences, the Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmaceutics, Nihon Pharmaceutical University, Saitama, Japan
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- Medical Devices Division, Kaneka Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
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- Medical Devices Division, Kaneka Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, the Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, the Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, the Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Medical Engineering, Research Center for Medical Sciences, the Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Arvanitis CD, Crake C, McDannold N, Clement GT. Passive Acoustic Mapping with the Angular Spectrum Method. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2017; 36:983-993. [PMID: 28026755 PMCID: PMC5565398 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2016.2643565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In the present proof of principle study, we evaluated the homogenous angular spectrum method for passive acoustic mapping (AS-PAM) of microbubble oscillations using simulated and experimental data. In the simulated data we assessed the ability of AS-PAM to form 3D maps of a single and multiple point sources. Then, in the two dimensional limit, we compared the 2D maps from AS-PAM with alternative frequency and time domain passive acoustic mapping (FD- and TD-PAM) approaches. Finally, we assessed the ability of AS-PAM to visualize microbubble activity in vivo with data obtained during 8 different experiments of FUS-induced blood-brain barrier disruption in 3 nonhuman primates, using a clinical MR-guided FUS system. Our in silico results demonstrate AS-PAM can be used to perform 3D passive acoustic mapping. 2D AS-PAM as compared to FD- PAM and TD-PAM is 10 and 200 times faster respectively and has similar sensitivity, resolution, and localization accuracy, even when the noise was 10-fold higher than the signal. In-vivo, the AS-PAM reconstructions of emissions at frequency bands pertinent to the different types of microbubble oscillations were also found to be more sensitive than TD-PAM. AS-PAM of harmonic-only components predicted safe blood-brain barrier disruption, whereas AS-PAM of broadband emissions correctly identified MR-evident tissue damage. The disparity (3.2 mm) in the location of the cavitation activity between the three methods was within their resolution limits. These data clearly demonstrate that AS-PAM is a sensitive and fast approach for PAM, thus providing a clinically relevant method to guide therapeutic ultrasound procedures.
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Lin Y, Lin L, Cheng M, Jin L, Du L, Han T, Xu L, Yu ACH, Qin P. Effect of acoustic parameters on the cavitation behavior of SonoVue microbubbles induced by pulsed ultrasound. ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY 2017; 35:176-184. [PMID: 27707644 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2016.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Revised: 08/26/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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SonoVue microbubbles could serve as artificial nuclei for ultrasound-triggered stable and inertial cavitation, resulting in beneficial biological effects for future therapeutic applications. To optimize and control the use of the cavitation of SonoVue bubbles in therapy while ensuring safety, it is important to comprehensively understand the relationship between the acoustic parameters and the cavitation behavior of the SonoVue bubbles. An agarose-gel tissue phantom was fabricated to hold the SonoVue bubble suspension. 1-MHz transmitting transducer calibrated by a hydrophone was used to trigger the cavitation of SonoVue bubbles under different ultrasonic parameters (i.e., peak rarefactional pressure (PRP), pulse repetition frequency (PRF), and pulse duration (PD)). Another 7.5-MHz focused transducer was employed to passively receive acoustic signals from the exposed bubbles. The ultraharmonics and broadband intensities in the acoustic emission spectra were measured to quantify the extent of stable and inertial cavitation of SonoVue bubbles, respectively. We found that the onset of both stable and inertial cavitation exhibited a strong dependence on the PRP and PD and a relatively weak dependence on the PRF. Approximate 0.25MPa PRP with more than 20μs PD was considered to be necessary for ultraharmonics emission of SonoVue bubbles, and obvious broadband signals started to appear when the PRP exceeded 0.40MPa. Moreover, the doses of stable and inertial cavitation varied with the PRP. The stable cavitation dose initially increased with increasing PRP, and then decreased rapidly after 0.5MPa. By contrast, the inertial cavitation dose continuously increased with increasing PRP. Finally, the doses of both stable and inertial cavitation were positively correlated with PRF and PD. These results could provide instructive information for optimizing future therapeutic applications of SonoVue bubbles.
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- Yutong Lin
- Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
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Haworth KJ, Bader KB, Rich KT, Holland CK, Mast TD. Quantitative Frequency-Domain Passive Cavitation Imaging. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS, FERROELECTRICS, AND FREQUENCY CONTROL 2017; 64:177-191. [PMID: 27992331 PMCID: PMC5344809 DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2016.2620492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Passive cavitation detection has been an instrumental technique for measuring cavitation dynamics, elucidating concomitant bioeffects, and guiding ultrasound therapies. Recently, techniques have been developed to create images of cavitation activity to provide investigators with a more complete set of information. These techniques use arrays to record and subsequently beamform received cavitation emissions, rather than processing emissions received on a single-element transducer. In this paper, the methods for performing frequency-domain delay, sum, and integrate passive imaging are outlined. The method can be applied to any passively acquired acoustic scattering or emissions, including cavitation emissions. To compare data across different systems, techniques for normalizing Fourier transformed data and converting the data to the acoustic energy received by the array are described. A discussion of hardware requirements and alternative imaging approaches is additionally outlined. Examples are provided in MATLAB.
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Roos ST, Yu FT, Kamp O, Chen X, Villanueva FS, Pacella JJ. Sonoreperfusion Therapy Kinetics in Whole Blood Using Ultrasound, Microbubbles and Tissue Plasminogen Activator. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2016; 42:3001-3009. [PMID: 27687734 PMCID: PMC5328593 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2016.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Revised: 08/04/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Coronary intervention for myocardial infarction often results in microvascular embolization of thrombus. Sonoreperfusion therapy (SRP) using ultrasound and microbubbles restored perfusion in our in vitro flow model of microvascular obstruction. In this study, we assessed SRP efficacy using whole blood as the perfusate with and without tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). In a phantom vessel bearing a 40-μm-pore mesh to simulate the microvasculature, microthrombi were injected to cause microvascular obstruction and were treated using SRP. Without tPA, the lytic rate increased from 2.6 ± 1.5 mmHg/min with 1000-cycle pulses to 7.3 ± 3.2 mmHg/min with 5000-cycle ultrasound pulses (p < 0.01). The lytic index was similar for tPA-only ([2.0 ± 0.5] × 10-3 mmHg-1 min-1) and 5000 cycles without tPA ([2.3 ± 0.5] × 10-3 mmHg-1 min-1) (p = 0.5) but increased ([3.6 ± 0.8] × 10-3 mmHg-1 min-1) with tPA in conjunction with 5000-cycles ultrasound (p < 0.01). In conclusion, SRP restored microvascular perfusion in whole blood, SRP lytic rate in experiments without tPA increased with ultrasound pulse length and efficacy increased with the addition of tPA.
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- Sebastiaan T Roos
- Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Heart and Vascular Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Department of Cardiology and Institute for Cardiovascular Research (ICaR-VU), VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands (ICIN), Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Heart and Vascular Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Cardiology and Institute for Cardiovascular Research (ICaR-VU), VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands (ICIN), Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Heart and Vascular Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Heart and Vascular Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Heart and Vascular Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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The Enhancing Effect of Focused Ultrasound on TNK-Tissue Plasminogen Activator-Induced Thrombolysis Using an In Vitro Circulating Flow Model. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2016; 25:2891-2899. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2016.07.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2016] [Accepted: 07/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Roessler FC, Schumacher S, Sprenger A, Gärtner U, Al-Khaled M, Eggers J. Clot Formation in the Presence of Acetylsalicylic Acid Leads to Increased Lysis Rates Regardless of the Chosen Thrombolysis Strategy. J Vasc Res 2016; 53:128-137. [PMID: 27710967 DOI: 10.1159/000449386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Patients with acute ischemic strokes frequently take an acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) premedication. We determined the impact of ASA on different thrombolysis strategies in vitro. METHODS For two clot types made from platelet-rich plasma (one with and one without ASA) lysis rates were measured by weight loss after 1 h for five different groups: in control group A clots were solely placed in plasma; in groups B and C clots were treated with rt-PA (60 kU/ml), and in groups D and E clots were treated with desmoteplase (DSPA; 2 µg/ml). Ultrasound (2 MHz, 0.179 W/cm2) was included in groups C and E. The fibrin mesh structures of the clots were investigated by electron microscopy. RESULTS For both clot types lysis rates increased significantly for all treatment strategies compared to their control group (each p < 0.001). The addition of ASA significantly increased the lysis rate in all 5 groups (each p < 0.001) and led to a ceiling effect concerning the treatment. A semiquantitative analysis of transmission electron micrographs revealed a decreased fibrin density for clots with ASA. For both clot types DSPA and ultrasound led to a significant dissolution of the fibrin mesh (both p = 0.029). CONCLUSIONS In vitro ASA pretreatment leads to significantly increased lysis rates due to a weaker fibrin mesh in platelet-rich plasma clots.
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- Florian C Roessler
- Department of Neurology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Black JJ, Yu FTH, Schnatz RG, Chen X, Villanueva FS, Pacella JJ. Effect of Thrombus Composition and Viscosity on Sonoreperfusion Efficacy in a Model of Micro-Vascular Obstruction. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2016; 42:2220-31. [PMID: 27207018 PMCID: PMC4983511 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2016.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2015] [Revised: 03/28/2016] [Accepted: 04/06/2016] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Distal embolization of micro-thrombi during stenting for myocardial infarction causes micro-vascular obstruction (MVO). We have previously shown that sonoreperfusion (SRP), a microbubble (MB)-mediated ultrasound (US) therapy, resolves MVO from venous micro-thrombi in vitro in saline. However, blood is more viscous than saline, and arterial thrombi that embolize during stenting are mechanically distinct from venous clot. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that MVO created with arterial micro-thrombi are more resistant to SRP therapy compared with venous micro-thrombi, and higher viscosity further increases the US requirement for effective SRP in an in vitro model of MVO. Lipid MBs suspended in plasma with adjusted viscosity (1.1 cP or 4.0 cP) were passed through tubing bearing a mesh with 40-μm pores to simulate a micro-vascular cross-section; upstream pressure reflected thrombus burden. To simulate MVO, the mesh was occluded with either arterial or venous micro-thrombi to increase upstream pressure to 40 mmHg ± 5 mmHg. Therapeutic long-tone-burst US was delivered to the occluded area for 20 min. MB activity was recorded with a passive cavitation detector. MVO caused by arterial micro-thrombi at either blood or plasma viscosity resulted in less effective SRP therapy compared to venous thrombi. Higher viscosity further reduced the effectiveness of SRP therapy. The passive cavitation detector showed a decrease in inertial cavitation when viscosity was increased, while stable cavitation was affected in a more complex manner. Overall, these data suggest that arterial thrombi may require higher acoustic pressure US than venous thrombi to achieve similar SRP efficacy; increased viscosity decreases SRP efficacy; and both inertial and stable cavitation are implicated in observed SRP efficacy.
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- John J Black
- Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Pouliopoulos AN, Choi JJ. Superharmonic microbubble Doppler effect in ultrasound therapy. Phys Med Biol 2016; 61:6154-71. [PMID: 27469394 PMCID: PMC5390953 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/61/16/6154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2015] [Revised: 05/24/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The introduction of microbubbles in focused ultrasound therapies has enabled a diverse range of non-invasive technologies: sonoporation to deliver drugs into cells, sonothrombolysis to dissolve blood clots, and blood-brain barrier opening to deliver drugs into the brain. Current methods for passively monitoring the microbubble dynamics responsible for these therapeutic effects can identify the cavitation position by passive acoustic mapping and cavitation mode by spectral analysis. Here, we introduce a new feature that can be monitored: microbubble effective velocity. Previous studies have shown that echoes from short imaging pulses had a Doppler shift that was produced by the movement of microbubbles. Therapeutic pulses are longer (>1 000 cycles) and thus produce a larger alteration of microbubble distribution due to primary and secondary acoustic radiation force effects which cannot be monitored using pulse-echo techniques. In our experiments, we captured and analyzed the Doppler shift during long therapeutic pulses using a passive cavitation detector. A population of microbubbles (5 × 10(4)-5 × 10(7) microbubbles ml(-1)) was embedded in a vessel (inner diameter: 4 mm) and sonicated using a 0.5 MHz focused ultrasound transducer (peak-rarefactional pressure: 75-366 kPa, pulse length: 50 000 cycles or 100 ms) within a water tank. Microbubble acoustic emissions were captured with a coaxially aligned 7.5 MHz passive cavitation detector and spectrally analyzed to measure the Doppler shift for multiple harmonics above the 10th harmonic (i.e. superharmonics). A Doppler shift was observed on the order of tens of kHz with respect to the primary superharmonic peak and is due to the axial movement of the microbubbles. The position, amplitude and width of the Doppler peaks depended on the acoustic pressure and the microbubble concentration. Higher pressures increased the effective velocity of the microbubbles up to 3 m s(-1), prior to the onset of broadband emissions, which is an indicator for high magnitude inertial cavitation. Although the microbubble redistribution was shown to persist for the entire sonication period in dense populations, it was constrained to the first few milliseconds in lower concentrations. In conclusion, superharmonic microbubble Doppler effects can provide a quantitative measure of effective velocities of a sonicated microbubble population and could be used for monitoring ultrasound therapy in real-time.
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- Antonios N Pouliopoulos
- Noninvasive Surgery and Biopsy laboratory, Bioengineering Department, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Noninvasive Surgery and Biopsy laboratory, Bioengineering Department, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Zhang X, Owens GE, Cain CA, Gurm HS, Macoskey J, Xu Z. Histotripsy Thrombolysis on Retracted Clots. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2016; 42:1903-18. [PMID: 27166017 PMCID: PMC4912870 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2016.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2015] [Revised: 03/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Retracted blood clots have been previously recognized to be more resistant to drug-based thrombolysis methods, even with ultrasound and microbubble enhancements. Microtripsy, a new histotripsy approach, has been investigated as a non-invasive, drug-free and image-guided method that uses ultrasound to break up clots with improved treatment accuracy and a lower risk of vessel damage compared with the traditional histotripsy thrombolysis approach. Unlike drug-mediated thrombolysis, which is dependent on the permeation of the thrombolytic agents into the clot, microtripsy controls acoustic cavitation to fractionate clots. We hypothesize that microtripsy thrombolysis is effective on retracted clots and that the treatment efficacy can be enhanced using strategies incorporating electronic focal steering. To test our hypothesis, retracted clots were prepared in vitro and the mechanical properties were quantitatively characterized. Microtripsy thrombolysis was applied on the retracted clots in an in vitro flow model using three different strategies: single-focus, electronically-steered multi-focus and dual-pass multi-focus. Results show that microtripsy was used to successfully generate a flow channel through the retracted clot and the flow was restored. The multi-focus and the dual-pass treatments incorporating the electronic focal steering significantly increased the recanalized flow channel size compared to the single-focus treatments. The dual-pass treatments achieved a restored flow rate up to 324 mL/min without cavitation contacting the vessel wall. The clot debris particles generated from microtripsy thrombolysis remained within the safe range. The results of this study show the potential of microtripsy thrombolysis for retracted clot recanalization with the enhancement of electronic focal steering.
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- Xi Zhang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Porter TR, Radio S, Lof J, Everbach C, Powers JE, Vignon F, Shi WT, Xie F. Diagnostic Ultrasound High Mechanical Index Impulses Restore Microvascular Flow in Peripheral Arterial Thromboembolism. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2016; 42:1531-40. [PMID: 27083977 PMCID: PMC4899265 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2016.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Revised: 01/18/2016] [Accepted: 02/03/2016] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We sought to explore mechanistically how intermittent high-mechanical-index (MI) diagnostic ultrasound impulses restore microvascular flow. Thrombotic microvascular obstruction was created in the rat hindlimb muscle of 36 rats. A diagnostic transducer confirmed occlusion with low-MI imaging during an intravenous microbubble infusion. This same transducer was used to intermittently apply ultrasound with an MI that produced stable or inertial cavitation (IC) for 10 min through a tissue-mimicking phantom. A nitric oxide inhibitor, L-Nω-nitroarginine methyl ester (L-NAME), was pre-administered to six rats. Plateau microvascular contrast intensity quantified skeletal microvascular blood volume, and postmortem staining was used to detect perivascular hemorrhage. Intermittent IC impulses produced the greatest recovery of microvascular blood volume (p < 0.0001, analysis of variance). Nitric oxide inhibition did not affect the skeletal microvascular blood volume improvement, but did result in more perivascular hemorrhage. IC inducing pulses from a diagnostic transducer can reverse microvascular obstruction after acute arterial thromboembolism. Nitric oxide may prevent unwanted bio-effects of these IC pulses.
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- Thomas R Porter
- University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
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- University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Philips Research North America, Briarcliff Manor, New York, USA
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- Philips Research North America, Briarcliff Manor, New York, USA
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- University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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Bader KB, Haworth KJ, Shekhar H, Maxwell AD, Peng T, McPherson DD, Holland CK. Efficacy of histotripsy combined with rt-PA in vitro. Phys Med Biol 2016; 61:5253-74. [PMID: 27353199 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/61/14/5253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Histotripsy, a form of therapeutic ultrasound that uses the mechanical action of microbubble clouds for tissue ablation, is under development to treat chronic deep vein thrombosis (DVT). We hypothesize that combining thrombolytic agents with histotripsy will enhance clot lysis. Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) and rt-PA-loaded echogenic liposomes that entrain octafluoropropane microbubbles (OFP t-ELIP) were used in combination with highly shocked histotripsy pulses. Fully retracted porcine venous clots, with similar features of DVT occlusions, were exposed either to histotripsy pulses alone (peak negative pressures of 7-20 MPa), histotripsy and OFP t-ELIP, or histotripsy and rt-PA. Microbubble cloud activity was monitored with passive cavitation imaging during histotripsy exposure. The power levels of cavitation emissions from within the clot were not statistically different between treatment types, likely due to the near instantaneous rupture and destruction of OFP t-ELIP. The thrombolytic efficacy was significantly improved in the presence of rt-PA. These results suggest the combination of histotripsy and rt-PA could serve as a potent therapeutic strategy for the treatment of DVT.
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- Kenneth B Bader
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Echogenic liposomes (ELIP), that can encapsulate both recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) and microbubbles, are under development to improve the treatment of thrombo-occlusive disease. However, the enzymatic activity, thrombolytic efficacy, and stable cavitation activity generated by this agent has yet to be evaluated and compared to another established ultrasound-enhanced thrombolytic scheme. A spectrophotometric method was used to compare the enzymatic activity of the rt-PA incorporated into ELIP (t-ELIP) to that of rt-PA. An in vitro flow model was employed to measure the thrombolytic efficacy and dose of ultraharmonic emissions from stable cavitation for 120-kHz ultrasound exposure of three treatment schemes: rt-PA, rt-PA and the perfluorocarbon-filled microbubble Definity®, and t-ELIP. The enzymatic activity of rt-PA incorporated into t-ELIP was 28 % that of rt-PA. Thrombolytic efficacy of t-ELIP or rt-PA and Definity® was equivalent when the dose of t-ELIP was adjusted to produce comparable enzymatic activity. Sustained bubble activity was nucleated from Definity but not from t-ELIP exposed to 120-kHz ultrasound. These results emphasize the advantages of encapsulating a thrombolytic and the importance of incorporating an insoluble gas required to promote sustained, stable cavitation activity.
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