Research Article

A Novel Model of Atherosclerosis in Rabbits Using Injury to Arterial Walls Induced by Ferric Chloride as Evaluated by Optical Coherence Tomography as well as Intravascular Ultrasound and Histology

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Representative intravascular ultrasound images. An eccentric plaque is observed in right common carotid arteries 8 weeks (a) and 12 weeks (c) after injury, but not in the control (b). Marked enlargement of the vessel wall at the site of atherosclerosis is clearly observed (e).
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