PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - I. Yuki
AU  - I. Kan
AU  - A. Golshan
AU  - J. Sohn
AU  - Y. Murayama
AU  - H.V. Vinters
AU  - F. Viñuela
TI  - A Swine Model to Analyze Arterial Structural Changes Induced by Mechanical Thrombectomy
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A3221
DP  - 2012 Jul 12
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/early/2012/07/12/ajnr.A3221.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/early/2012/07/12/ajnr.A3221.full
AB  - SUMMARY: We report a novel swine model that allows direct visualization of cervical arteries undergoing mechanical thrombectomy. The model also facilitates evaluation of histologic changes observed in the arteries after treatment. Swine superficial cervical arteries, which are similar in size and branching pattern to the human middle cerebral artery, were surgically exposed, occluded with experimental thrombus, and subsequently treated with the Merci clot retriever device. Angiographic and histologic assessment were performed. Abbreviations CIconfidence intervalSCAsuperficial cervical artery