Basic investigation of vascular interventional radiology (IR) using large rabbits.
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.
Nitta
Norihisa
N
Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan.
Sonoda
Akinaga
A
Nitta-Seko
Ayumi
A
Ohta
Shinichi
S
Tsuchiya
Keiko
K
Tanaka
Toyohiko
T
Kanasaki
Shuzo
S
Mukaisho
Kenichi
K
Takahashi
Masashi
M
Murata
Kiyoshi
K
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*