Article
Aortic atherosclerosis in pigs with heterozygous von Willebrand disease. Comparison with homozygous von Willebrand and normal pigs.
Arteriosclerosis (Dallas, Tex.) - 1 Jan 2000
Badimon L, Steele P, Badimon J J, Bowie E J, Fuster V
Abstract excerpt
We have reported that pigs with severe homozygous von Willebrand disease (vWd) are resistant to spontaneous and high fat, high cholesterol, diet-induced atherosclerosis. In this study we report the quantitation of aortic atherosclerotic plaques in three groups of pigs fed with a high fat, high ch...
Topics
- Animals
- Aortic Diseases
- Arteriosclerosis
- Diet, Atherogenic
- Genotype
- Heterozygote
- Immunity, Innate
- Swine
- von Willebrand Diseases