PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - I. Kan
AU  - I. Yuki
AU  - Y. Murayama
AU  - F.A. Viñuela
AU  - R.H. Kim
AU  - H.V. Vinters
AU  - F. Viñuela
TI  - A Novel Method of Thrombus Preparation for Use in a Swine Model for Evaluation of Thrombectomy Devices
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A1991
DP  - 2010 Oct 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1741--1743
VI  - 31
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/31/9/1741.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/31/9/1741.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2010 Oct 01; 31
AB  - We report the development of a novel technique of thrombus preparation for use in a swine model for evaluation of thrombectomy devices. The experimental thrombus prepared using plain sedimentation showed mechanical stability due to its solid fibrin-rich component. The thrombus also showed histologic similarity to the typical thromboemboli recovered from patients with stroke in the course of therapeutic thrombectomy. This new technique may be beneficial for preclinical evaluation of thrombectomy devices.