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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Dec 29.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2020 Jun 3;112:225–233. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2020.05.037

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1.

Analysis of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) induction surgeries via elastase infusion. Panel A: Representative magnetic resonance images of healthy and aneurysmal aortae. Phase contrast angiography scans provide views in the frontal and sagittal planes. The red box outlines the induced AAA 3 weeks post induction surgery. Panel B: Representative stereoscope image of the isolated AAA prior to excision at the biodistribution end point. Black arrows denote the AAA segment that was clamped and received the elastase infusion and the non-AAA segment that was inferior to the infusion site. Scale marker is 1.75 mm. Panel C: Analysis of MRI scans for percent increase in aorta dimensions 3 weeks post AAA induction surgery. Results shown are based on analysis of n = 36 aortae and represent mean ± SE. Panel D: Analysis of stereoscope images for percent increase in diameter of the aneurysmal aortal segment compared to the non-aneurysmal aortal segment. Results shown are based on analysis of n = 36 aortae and represent mean ± SE.