Thoracic aortic aneurysm. An experimental model in pigs.

Rodrigo Argenta Silvio Cesar Perini Adamastor Humberto Pereira

Published in: Acta cirurgica brasileira (2021)

The descending thoracic aortic aneurysms induced experimentally appear to be stable, were of easy execution, with null mortality and no influence on the animals' normal development. Furthermore, they have similar characteristics to those observed in human degenerative aneurysms.

Keyphrases

aortic aneurysm
endothelial cells
spinal cord
high glucose
aortic valve
diabetic rats
induced pluripotent stem cells
pulmonary artery
pluripotent stem cells
left ventricular
drug induced
type diabetes
heart failure
cardiovascular disease
coronary artery
aortic dissection