Germans Trias i Pujol Health Research Institute (IGTP) 1 article published in JoVE Medicine Myocardial Infarction by Percutaneous Embolization Coil Deployment in a Swine Model Daina Martínez-Falguera*1,2, Edgar Fadeuilhe*3, Albert Teis3, Julia Aranyo3, Raquel Adeliño1,3, Felipe Bisbal3,4, Oriol Rodriguez-Leor3,4, Carolina Gálvez-Montón1,3,4 1ICREC Research Program, Germans Trias i Pujol Health Research Institute (IGTP), 2Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona (UB), 3Heart Institute (iCOR), Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, 4CIBER Cardiovascular, Instituto de Salud Carlos III Myocardial infarction (MI) animal models that emulate the natural process of the disease in humans are crucial to understanding pathophysiological mechanisms and testing the safety and efficacy of new emergent therapies. Here, we describe an MI swine model created by deploying a percutaneous embolization coil.
