| New Zealand White rabbits | Charles River laboratories,France | Cre:KBL(NZW) | |
| Cholesterol rich diet | Ssniff spezialdiäten | Ssniff EF K High Fat and Cholesterol | |
| Glass bead sterilizer-Germinator 500 | VWR, Leicestershire, UK | 101326-488 | |
| Fogarty balloon embolectomy catheters, 2 French | Edwards Lifesciences, Switzerland | 120602F | For single use only |
| Luer Lock Syringe | Becton, Dickinson and Company, USA | 309628 | |
| Thermopad Type 226 | Solis, Switzerland AG | 397387 | |
| Buprenorphine- Temgesic | Reckitt Benckiser AG, Switzerland | 7.68042E+12 | |
| Isoflurane | Piramal Critical Care, Inc, Bethlehem, PA 18017 | 2667-46-7 | |
| Anaesthesia machine-combi-vet Base Anesthesia System | Rothacher Medical GmbH, Switzerland | CV 30-301-A | |
| Cardell touch veterinary vital signs monitor | Midmark, Ohio, USA | 8013-001 | |
| Ophthalmic ointment-Humigel | Virbac, France | | |
| Animal hair clippers | Aesculap AG, Germany | GT420 | |
| Disinfectant-Betadine solution | MundipharmaMedicalCompany, Switzerland | 14671-1203 | |
| Dumont #7 Forceps | FST Germany | 11274-20 | |
| Medium and small microscissors | Medline International Switzerland Sàrl | UC4337 | |
| Microvascular clamps | FST, Germany | 18051-28 | |
| Papaverine | ESCA chemicals, Switzerland | RE 356 803 | |
| Vein Pick | Harvard Apparatus, Cambridge, UK | 72-4169 | For single use only |
| Saline | Laboratorium Dr. G. Bichsel AG, , Switzerland | 1330055 | |
| Polysorb 5-0 suture | Covidien AG, Switzerland | UL 202 | Monofilament |
| Sulfadoxine and Trimethoprim-Trimethazol | Werner Stricker AG, Switzerland | Swissmedic Nr. 50'361 | |
| Antiseptic- Octenisept | Schülke & Mayr AG, Switzerland | GTIN: 4032651214068 | |
| Phosphate Buffered Saline | Roth | 1058.1 | |
| Isobutanol-2-Methylbutane | Sigma-Aldrich, Switzerland | M32631-1L | |
| Optimum Cutting Temperature compound-Tissue-Tek | VWR Chemicals, Belgium | 25608-930 | |
| Cryostat | Leica, Glattbrugg, Switzerland | Leica CM1860 UV | |
| Glass slide- Superfrost Plus | Thermo Scientific | 4951PLUS4 | |
| Mayer's Haematoxylin | Sigma-Aldrich, Switzerland | MHS32-1L | |
| Eosin 0.5% aq. | Sigma-Aldrich, Switzerland | HT110232-1L | |
| Oil Red O | Sigma-Aldrich, Switzerland | O0625-25G | |
| α-smooth muscle actin antibody | Abcam, UK. | ab7817 | |
| Macrophage Clone RAM11 antibody | DAKO, Switzerland | M063301 | |
| Hoechst | Abcam, UK. | ab145596 | |
| Goat polyclonal Secondary Antibody (Chromeo 546) | Abcam, UK. | ab60316 | |
| Alexa Fluor 488/547 | Abcam, UK. | | |
| Glycergel Mounting Medium, Aqueous | DAKO, Switzerland | C056330 | |
| Hematoxylin for Movat pentachrome staining | Sigma-Aldrich, Switzerland | H3136-25G | |
| Ferric chloride for Movat pentachrome staining | Sigma-Aldrich, Switzerland | 157740-100G | |
| Iodine for Movat staining | Sigma-Aldrich, Switzerland | 207772-100G | |
| Potassium iodide for Movat pentachrome staining | Sigma-Aldrich, Switzerland | 60400-100G-F | |
| Alcian blue for Movat staining | Sigma-Aldrich, Switzerland | A5268-10G | |
| Strong Ammonia for Movat pentachrome staining | Sigma-Aldrich, Switzerland | 320145-500ML | |
| Brilliant crocein MOO for Movat pentachrome staining | Sigma-Aldrich, Switzerland | 210757-50G | |
| Acid Fuchsin for Movat pentachrome staining | Sigma-Aldrich, Switzerland | F8129-50G | |
| Sodium Thiosulfate for Movat pentachrome staining | Sigma-Aldrich, Switzerland | 72049-250G | |
| Phosphotungstic acid for Movat pentachrome staining | Sigma-Aldrich, Switzerland | 79690-100G | |
| Crocin for Movat pentachrome staining | Sigma-Aldrich, Switzerland | 17304-5G | |
| EUKITT for Movat pentachrome staining | Sigma-Aldrich, Switzerland | 03989-100ML | |