title: Selective angiography of the vertebral artery in the rabbit: technical note.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Selective angiography of the vertebral arteries has not been performed in rabbit models. We used a tracker-10 microcatheter for selective vertebral artery angiography.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five Japanese male rabbits weighing 2.0 to 2.5 kg were used. The right femoral artery was identified and an 18-gauge Teflon catheter was introduced into the iliac artery. A Tracker-10 microcatheter was introduced through the 18-gauge Teflon catheter into the right vertebral artery under fluoroscopic guidance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Selective angiograms of the right vertebral artery were obtained using a bolus injection of 0.1 mL of iopamidol in all five rabbits.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Selective vertebral artery angiograms could be obtained via the transfemoral route with the use of Tracker-10, and intraarterial selective administration of vasodilators will be achieved using our technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka Neurological Institute, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Touho
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Karasawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ueda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D007479:Iopamidol / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits / Q000502:physiology*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D014711:Vertebral Artery
chemical_list: D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D007479:Iopamidol