Review Article

A Rabbit Model of Thrombosis on Atherosclerotic Lesions

Table 1

Incidence of thrombosis in NCD and AMI.

NCD ( )AMI ( )P value

Fresh thrombus ( )10 (10%)14 (74%)<.001
(i) Erosion7 (7%)4 (21%).07
(ii) Rupture3 (3%)10 (53%)<.001
Old thrombus6 (6%)5 (26%)<.05

NCD: noncardiac disease; AMI: acute myocardial infarction (from Sato et al. [12] with permission).