title: Carotid endarterectomy in rats. Technical note.
abstract: Carotid endarterectomy in rats. Technical note. Carotid endarterectomy is a widely used surgical procedure for stroke-threatened patients. Thrombosis is a major post-operative risk and appears to occur very early after operation is completed. Several drugs may influence the mechanism of thrombus formation, and theoretically could be considered for perioperative use in clinical cases. Therefore, inexpensive easily reproducible experimental models would be useful. This paper describes microsurgical carotid endarterectomy in the rat.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spallone
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: N F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Kassell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004691:Endarterectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains