A Rabbit Venous Interposition Model Mimicking Revascularization Surgery using Vein Grafts to Assess Intimal Hyperplasia under Arterial Blood PressureHiroomi Nishio 1,3, Kenji Minatoya 1, Hidetoshi Masumoto 1,2
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 2Clinical Translational Research Program, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, 3Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Takamatsu Red Cross Hospital
The present protocol aims to experimentally create venous intimal hyperplasia by subjecting veins to arterial blood pressure for developing strategies to attenuate venous intimal hyperplasia following revascularization surgery using vein grafts.
