Rabbit | Diameter of Aorta (mm) | Diameter of Lumbar Artery (μm) | Deployed Stent Diameter (mm) | Stent-to-Artery Ratio | Angiographic Complication | Patency of Lumbar Artery | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Just After | 3 Months After | ||||||
1 | 2.8 | 672 | 3.08 | 1.10 | None | Patent | Patent |
2 | 3.1 | 473 | 3.52 | 1.14 | None | Patent | Patent |
3 | 2.8 | 3.33 | 1.19 | Dissection* | |||
4 | 2.3 | 802 | 3.32 | 1.44 | None | Patent | Patent |
5 | 2.6 | 729 | 3.32 | 1.28 | None† | Patent | Patent‡ |
6 | 3.2 | 559 | 3.52 | 1.10 | None | Patent | Patent |
7 | 3.2 | 620 | 3.52 | 1.10 | None | Patent | Patent |
8 | 3.3 | 3.52 | 1.07 | None | Patent | Patent | |
Average | 2.9 | 643 | 3.39 | 1.17 |
* In this case, the stent was delivered without a guidewire and caused intimal dissection.
† This rabbit became paraparetic after stenting, although the lumbar artery was patent on the post-stenting angiogram.
‡ Follow-up angiography of the rabbit was performed 1 week after stenting.