Population
Rabbit carotid artery model
Comparison
Balloon denudation vs Normal (non-denuded) preparations
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
6 weeks
Authors
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Persistent functional impairment despite anatomical regrowth warrants caution extrapolating healing; leaves open human relevance post-vascular injury.
Following balloon denudation, regenerated endothelial cells exhibit persistent functional impairment in endothelium-dependent relaxation despite complete anatomical regrowth.
Azuma et al. (1990) studied this question.
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