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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas R. Porter, Omaha, NE (US);
Feng Xie, Omaha, NE (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/900 ;
Abstract
A new and improved method for inducing or pacing atrial and ventricular arrhythmias in animals Embodiments of the invention involve using microbubbles enhanced with an insoluble gas in combination with low frequency ultrasound for its pacing activity. The methods and compositions can be used to pace patients, convert patients out of atrial fibrillation, and as a diagnostic to assess a patient's risk for arrhythmias.