Germans Trias i Pujol Health Research Institute (IGTP)

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

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Medicine

Myocardial Infarction by Percutaneous Embolization Coil Deployment in a Swine Model
Daina Martínez-Falguera *1,2, Edgar Fadeuilhe *3, Albert Teis 3, Julia Aranyo 3, Raquel Adeliño 1,3, Felipe Bisbal 3,4, Oriol Rodriguez-Leor 3,4, Carolina Gálvez-Montón 1,3,4
1ICREC Research Program, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Research Institute (IGTP), 2Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona (UB), 3Heart Institute (iCOR), Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, 4CIBER Cardiovascular, Instituto de Salud Carlos III

Myocardial infarction (MI) animal models that emulate the natural process of the disease in humans are crucial to understanding pathophysiological mechanisms and testing the safety and efficacy of new emergent therapies. Here, we describe an MI swine model created by deploying a percutaneous embolization coil.

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Femoral Vascular Graft Implantation in a Swine Model to Test Small-Diameter Vascular Grafts
Georgina Iraola-Picornell *1,2, Esther Jorge *1,3, Albert Teis 1,4,5, Oriol Rodríguez-Leor 1,4,5, Daina Martínez-Falguera 1,5, Maria Kalil 1,2, Borja Montejo 1, Antoni Bayes-Genis 1,2,4,5, Elisabet Berastegui 1,4, Christian Muñoz-Guijosa 1,4,6, Carolina Gálvez-Montón 1,4,5
1ICREC Research Program, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Research Institute (IGTP), 2Department of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 3Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences at Manresa, University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), 4Heart Institute (iCOR), Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, 5CIBER Cardiovascular, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 6Cardiac Surgery Department, 12 de Octubre University Hospital

This study presents a porcine model for evaluating small-diameter grafts in femoral arteries. The model mimics human vascular dynamics and comprehensively assesses graft patency, hemodynamics, and vascular remodeling. It offers a valuable platform for testing vascular grafts and monitoring them with Doppler ultrasound and angiography.