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摘要：<正>Backgroud Thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) disease is a serious condition with both high mortality and morbidity rates associated with surgical therapy. Further understanding of the formation and progression of TAAs may provide novel, less invasive therapeutic strategies in patients with this devastating disease. Aneurysm formation is a complicated, dynamic process involving both cellular and extracellular processes. The mechanisms of TAA formation are poorly understood, mainly due to the lack of a useful and reproducible model. In 2003, Ikonomidis in South Carolina developed a murine model of TAA.The mouse model was less satisfactory because the small size of the murine aorta. The rat model has the advantage of larger aorta and the ability to do more research. Proper animal models are useful to understand the aetiology and evolution and they can be used to evaluate the efficacy of new treatments.Objective The goal of this study was to test the hypothesis that abluminal calcium chloride application could creat TAAs in the SD rats.MethOds Eight-week-old male Sprague-Dawley(SD) rats(n=60) were divided into two groups equally. All rats were anesthetized. An angiocath was then advanced through the mouth into the trachea under direct vision and connected to a rodent ventilator set at a respiratory rate of 180 breaths per minute. And their thoracic aortas were exposed via left thoracotomy. In the experiment group,a sponge soaked in 0.5 mol/L CaCl2 was placed on the distal half of the exposed descending thoracic aorta under direct vision. As control group, 0.5 mol/L CaCl2 was instead of 0.9% NaCl. After 15 min, the sponge was removed. Then the chest was closed. At 4,8,12 weeks, all animals undergoing fixation and aortic harvest were reanesthetized and the thorax was then opened beneath the xiphoid process. Potassium chloride was injected into the left ventricle under direct vision to arrest the heart. Then it was perfusion program and the entire animal was immersed in formalin. Seven days after fixation, the an
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