Simple rabbit model of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 327-332

  Shimizu, Takashi ^a   Nakai, Kanji ^b   Morimoto, Yuji ^b   Ishihara, Miya ^b   Oishi, Hidenori ^a   Kikuchi, Makoto ^b   Arai, Hajime ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Endovascular treatment; Rabbit model; Therapeutic device; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BALLOON DILATATION; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOOD, FORMULATED; LIPID METABOLISM; MACROPHAGES; MALE; RABBITS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 69549084484     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.49.327     Document Type: Article

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