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The aortocaval fistula (ACF) [ 18 19 ] was created between the infrarenal abdominal aorta and the adjacent vena cava in male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 250-300 g.
Through a midline abdominal incision the infra-renal abdominal aorta and the inferior vena cava were visualized.
Pulmonary embolism was diagnosed on the basis of clinical symptoms and signs combined with a high probability ventilation-perfusion scan in 20 of the 30, a positive pulmonary angiogram in 6, a positive high resolution chest CT in 2 and an intermediate probability ventilation-perfusion scan combined with a high clinical suspicion in 2. The 8 proximal deep venous thrombosis was diagnosed by duplex ultrasonography in seven and contrast venography in 1. Thirty-one of the 38 patients were treated with intravenous heparin followed by oral warfarin, five by placement of an inferior vena caval and oral warfarin and two by placement of an inferior vena caval filter followed by intravenous heparin and oral warfarin
The outer wall of the aorta distal to the clamp was pierced with the needle, which was then advanced into the vena cava.
In both groups, a volume of 80 ml of contrast material (iobitridol; Xenetix 350, Guerbet, Roissy, France) was automatically injected into the superior vena cava at a constant flow of 4 ml/s.