Figure 2.
In vivo catheter placement in experimental atherosclerosis of New Zealand white rabbits. (A) Angiography of balloon-injured, cholesterol-fed rabbits revealed visible lesions in the iliac arteries (arrowheads). (B) The NIRF catheter guidewire was easily delivered past stenoses in the iliac arteries (arrowhead). (C) Gross pathology revealed yellow-white atheromata in injured areas in the iliac arteries.