Improvements in cerebral blood flow and recanalization rates with transcranial diagnostic ultrasound and intravenous microbubbles after acute cerebral emboli.

ObjectivesIntravenous microbubbles (MBs) and transcutaneous ultrasound have been used to recanalize intra-arterial thrombi without the use of tissue plasminogen activator. In the setting of acute ischemic stroke, it was our objective to determine whether skull attenuation would limit the ability of