Abstract
SUMMARY: Elastase incubation was performed in the LCCA in 13 New Zealand white rabbits. Three weeks after incubation, DSA demonstrated that 10 (10/13, 77%) bifurcation-type aneurysms at the origin of the LCCA were present; mean aneurysm neck, width, and height values were 3.7 ± 1.1, 3.8 ± 0.9, and 8.7 ± 2.3 mm, respectively. The LCCA can be used to create bifurcation aneurysms in rabbits.
ABBREVIATIONS:
- DSA
- digital subtraction angiography
- IADSA
- intra-arterial digital subtraction angiography
- IVDSA
- intravenous digital subtraction angiography
- LCCA
- left common carotid artery
- RCCA
- right common carotid artery
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