Patch Angioplasty in the Rat Aorta or Inferior Vena Cava.
Bai H, Li X, Hashimoto T, Hu H, Foster TR, Hanisch JJ, Santana JM, Dardik A. Patch Angioplasty in the Rat Aorta or Inferior Vena Cava. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2017 PMID: 28287579, PMCID: PMC5409337, DOI: 10.3791/55253.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInferior vena cavaPatch angioplastyPericardial patchVena cavaNeointimal hyperplasiaInfrarenal inferior vena cavaInfra-renal IVCPericardial patch angioplastyPostoperative day 7Bovine pericardial patchWeek-old Wistar ratsPatch arterioplastyVenous patchArterial patchPatch venoplastyVascular surgeryRat aortaRat modelWistar ratsNeointimal thicknessDay 7Nylon suturesAngioplastyAortaVenous environment