TABLE

Summary of cases

RabbitDiameter of Aorta (mm)Diameter of Lumbar Artery (μm)Deployed Stent Diameter (mm)Stent-to-Artery RatioAngiographic ComplicationPatency of Lumbar Artery
Just After3 Months After
12.86723.081.10NonePatentPatent
23.14733.521.14NonePatentPatent
32.83.331.19Dissection*
42.38023.321.44NonePatentPatent
52.67293.321.28NonePatentPatent
63.25593.521.10NonePatentPatent
73.26203.521.10NonePatentPatent
83.33.521.07NonePatentPatent
Average2.96433.391.17
  • * 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.