Evaluation of Venous Stenosis Angioplasty in a Murine Arteriovenous Fistula Model

To develop a clinically relevant model of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) of venous stenosis in mice with arteriovenous fistula (AVF); to test the hypothesis that there is increased wall shear stress (WSS) after PTA; and to histologically characterize the vessels.

Source: Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology : JVIR - March 18, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Chuanqi Cai, Binxia Yang, Sreenivasulu Kilari, Yiqing Li, Chenglei Zhao, Amit Sharma, Sanjay Misra Tags: Laboratory Investigation Source Type: research