Carotid artery stenting in the Zucker rat: A novel, potentially 'diabetes-specific' model of in-stent restenosis

Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-146

  McMahon, Aisling C ^a,b   Zreiqat, Hala ^a   Lowe, Harry C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^c Alfred Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ARTERIOTOMY; CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RESTENOSIS;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; PILOT PROJECTS; RATS; RATS, ZUCKER; STENTS;

EID: 45249103999     PISSN: 14791641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3132/dvdr.2008.024     Document Type: Letter

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