title: Basic investigation of vascular interventional radiology (IR) using large rabbits.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the usefulness of large rabbits for basic vascular interventional radiology (IR) experiments. We used 5 Akita large rabbits (Akita) and 5 Japanese white rabbits (JW). We conducted measurements of vessel diameters such as the aorta, and the iliac, renal, superior mesenteric, celiac, and proper hepatic arteries, and of the growth rates of VX2 liver tumors. There were significant differences between Akita and JW in the diameters of the thoracic aorta, lower abdominal aorta, and celiac artery. In other blood vessels, no significant differences were found. There was no difference in the growth rates of the VX2 tumors between Akita and JW. The possibility that Akita large rabbits could be utilized for vascular IR was demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan.
authors.forename: Norihisa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nitta
authors.forename: Akinaga
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sonoda
authors.forename: Ayumi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nitta-Seko
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: Toyohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Shuzo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanasaki
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mukaisho
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murata
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D011817:Rabbits; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*