A comparison of balloon injury models of endovascular lesions in rat arteries
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Balloon injury (BI) of the rat carotid artery (CCA) is widely used to study intimal hyperplasia (IH) and decrease in lumen diameter (LD), but CCA's small diameter impedes the evaluation of endovascular therapies. Therefore, we v...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2002-09-01
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| Series: | BMC Cardiovascular Disorders |
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| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2261/2/16 |