Similarity of the Swine Vasculature to the Human Carotid Bifurcation: Analysis of Arterial Diameters

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 245-251

  Bushi, Doron ^a   Assaf, Yaron ^a   Grad, Ygael ^a,b   Nishri, Boaz ^a   Yodfat, Ofer ^a   Tanne, David ^b  

^a MindGuard Ltd   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DOMESTIC PIG; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; ILIAC ARTERY; MINIPIG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; PAPAVERINE; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE;

EID: 38349182253     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.09.022     Document Type: Article

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