Research Article
Comparative Analysis of Methods to Induce Myocardial Infarction in a Closed-Chest Rabbit Model
Table 1
Distribution and follow-up depending on embolization site.
| Embolization site
() | Intraoperative events | 3-week survival
() | Echographic assessment | Histologic assessment |
| | LAD | | | | | | Proximal segment () | VF | 0 | — | Transmural infarct | | Mid segment () | VF | 0 | — | Transmural infarct | | Distal segment () | ACD | 0 | — | Transmural infarct | | S. branch vessel () | — | 1 | No LV dysfunction | Nontransmural infarct | | CA | | | | | | Proximal segment () | NSVT, CHF | 0 | — | Transmural infarct | | Mid segment () | NSVT | 2 | LV dysfunction | Transmural infarct | | Distal segment () | — | — | — | — | | S. branch vessel () | — | 2 | No LV dysfunction | Nontransmural infarct | | RCA | | | | | | Proximal segment () | CHF | 0 | — | Transmural infarct | | Mid segment () | NSVT | 2 | LV and RV dysfunction | Transmural infarct | | Distal segment () | — | — | — | — |
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LAD: left anterior descending; CA: circumflex artery; RCA: right coronary artery; LV: left ventricle; RV: right ventricle; VF: ventricular fibrillation; ACD: atrioventricular conduction disorder; NSVT: nonsustained ventricular tachycardia; CHF: congestive heart failure; S. branch vessel: secondary branch vessel.
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