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Stefan Pfaffenberger, Branka Devcic-Kuhar, Karem El-Rabadi, Martin Grschl, Walter S. Speid, Thomas W. Weiss, Kurt Huber, Ewald Benes, Gerald Maurer, Johann Wojta, Michael Gottsauner-Wolf
2MHz ultrasound enhances t-PA-mediated thrombolysis: comparison of continuous versus pulsed ultrasound and standing versus travelling acoustic waves
In addition to fibrinolytic enzymes, ultrasound has the potential to enhance thrombolysis. High frequency ultrasound has the advantage that a combination of diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound with only one device is possible. Therefore, we investigated the optimal high frequency (2 MHz) ultrasound field characteristics and application mode in vitro. Continuous ultrasound significantly enhanced rt-PA mediated thrombolysis: in a travelling wave field thrombolysis was augmented by 49.0 14.7% and in a standing wave field by 34.8 7.3%. In an intermittent application mode (1Hz, 10Hz, 100Hz, 1kHz) most efficient results were obtained for both wave fields using 1 Hz (46.4 10.7% and 39.1 6.6%, respectively). Referring to a possible in vivo application our in vitro data suggests that an intermittent application of a 2 MHz high frequency ultrasound using a travelling wave field would be the most potent application for lysing blood clots.
Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Schattauer
Print ISSN: 0340-6245
Volume: 89, 03/2003
Pages: 583 - 589