Fluorocarbons

"Fluorocarbons" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Liquid perfluorinated carbon compounds which may or may not contain a hetero atom such as nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur, but do not contain another halogen or hydrogen atom. This concept includes fluorocarbon emulsions and fluorocarbon blood substitutes.

Descriptor ID	D005466
MeSH Number(s)	D02.455.526.510.435
Concept/Terms	Fluorocarbons Fluorocarbons Perfluorocarbons Telomer Fluorocarbons Telomer Fluorocarbons Fluorocarbons, Telomer Fluorinated Telomer Alcohols Fluorinated Telomer Alcohols Alcohols, Fluorinated Telomer Telomer Alcohols, Fluorinated Polyfluorinated Telomer Alcohols Alcohols, Polyfluorinated Telomer Telomer Alcohols, Polyfluorinated Fluoro-Telomer Alcohols Alcohols, Fluoro-Telomer Fluoro Telomer Alcohols Fluorocarbon Emulsions Fluorocarbon Emulsions Emulsions, Fluorocarbon

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Organic Chemicals [D02]
Hydrocarbons [D02.455]
Hydrocarbons, Halogenated [D02.455.526]
Hydrocarbons, Fluorinated [D02.455.526.510]
Fluorocarbons [D02.455.526.510.435]

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Bar chart showing 122 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 12 publications in 1999

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	10	0	10
1997	8	2	10
1998	7	0	7
1999	9	3	12
2000	5	3	8
2001	4	1	5
2002	4	1	5
2003	4	0	4
2004	3	6	9
2005	3	2	5
2006	4	1	5
2007	0	1	1
2008	1	1	2
2010	1	1	2
2011	3	1	4
2012	2	2	4
2013	1	3	4
2014	1	2	3
2015	2	5	7
2016	0	1	1
2017	1	1	2
2018	1	1	2
2019	1	0	1
2020	2	0	2
2021	1	0	1
2022	0	1	1
2023	1	0	1
2024	3	1	4

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Azami RH, Yapar M, Halder S, Forsberg F, Eisenbrey JR, Sarkar K. Effects of Different Gas Cores on the Ambient Pressure Sensitivity of the Subharmonic Response of SonoVue. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2025 02; 51(2):373-380.

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Mayer H, Kim GW, Machado P, Eisenbrey JR, Vu T, Wallace K, Forsberg F. Investigation Into the Subharmonic Response of Three Contrast Agents in Static and Dynamic Flow Environments Using a Commercially Available Diagnostic Ultrasound Scanner. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2024 11; 50(11):1731-1738.

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Sivalingam MD, Wakabayashi T, Kusaka S, Yonekawa Y. Lens-Sparing Perfluoro-Octane-Assisted External Drainage of Total Exudative Retinal Detachment in Coats' Disease. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2024 08; 55(8):430-432.

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Falatah HA, Lacerda Q, Wessner CE, Lo S, Wheatley MA, Liu JB, Eisenbrey JR. Influence of Phase Change Droplet Activation and Microbubble Cavitation on the Microenvironment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2024 09; 50(9):1387-1394.

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Gump BB, Hill DT, Robinson M, Kannan K, Heffernan K, Atallah-Yunes NH, Brann L, Parsons PJ, Palmer CD, MacKenzie JA, Goodrich JM, Bendinskas K. Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and lead (Pb) as "cardiovascular disruptors" in 9-11-year-old children living in Syracuse, New York, United States. Environ Res. 2023 11 01; 236(Pt 2):116758.

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Esposito C, Machado P, McDonald ME, Savage MP, Fischman D, Mehrotra P, Cohen IS, Ruggiero N, Walinsky P, Vishnevsky A, Dickie K, Davis M, Forsberg F, Dave JK. Noninvasive Evaluation of Cardiac?Chamber Pressures Using Subharmonic-Aided Pressure Estimation?With Definity Microbubbles. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2023 02; 16(2):224-235.

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Main ML, Fu JW, Gundrum J, LaPointe NA, Gillam LD, Mulvagh SL. Impact of Contrast Echocardiography on Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients. Am J Cardiol. 2021 07 01; 150:117-122.

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Takahashi K, Kimura S, Hosokawa MM, Shiode Y, Doi S, Matoba R, Kanzaki Y, Yonekawa Y, Morizane Y. Release and extraction of retained subfoveal perfluorocarbon liquid facilitated by subretinal BSS, vibration, and gravity: a case report. BMC Ophthalmol. 2020 Oct 23; 20(1):427.

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Eichenwald C, Dysart K, Zhang H, Fox W. Neonatal Partial Liquid Ventilation for the Treatment and Prevention of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Neoreviews. 2020 04; 21(4):e238-e248.

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Obeid A, Ehmann D, Adam M, Kasi S, Shahlaee A, Klufas MA, Hsu J, Mehta S, Chiang A, Garg S, Ho AC, Gupta OP. Comparison of Residual Subfoveal Fluid by Intraoperative OCT After Macula-Involving RRD Repair Using Direct Drainage, Drainage Retinotomy, or Perfluoro-n-Octane. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2019 08 01; 50(8):497-503.

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