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Table 5 Morphological measurements scoring

From: In vivo canine study of three different coatings applied to p64 flow-diverter stents: initial biocompatibility study

Coating group

EEL area (mm2)

IEL area (mm2)

Lumen area (mm2)

Neointimal area (mm2)

Medial area (mm2)

Stenosis (%)

Thickness (mm)

Uncoated (n = 4)

13.59 ± 3.10

11.49 ± 2.43

7.24 ± 4.98

4.24 ± 4.46

2.11 ± 0.78

36.40 ± 36.54

0.20 ± 0.17

HPC-1 (n = 4)

8.67 ± 0.99

7.34 ± 0.69

6.03 ± 0.64

1.30 ± 0.24

1.34 ± 0.50

18.58 ± 2.42

0.11 ± 0.03

HPC-2 (n = 4)

10.57 ± 3.40

8.89 ± 2.37

5.68 ± 4.09

3.22 ± 2.15

1.67 ± 1.29

41.39 ± 39.47

0.14 ± 0.06

HPC-3 (n = 4)

14.74 ± 0.64

11.9 6 ± 0.61

7.69 ± 4.00

4.27 ± 3.97

2.78 ± 0.21

37.06 ± 33.07

0.28 ± 0.27

p value

0.013 (HPC-1 versus HPC-3)

0.009 (HPC-1 versus HPC-3 + uncoated)

0.862

0.531

0.124

0.754

0.564

  1. Data are mean ± standard deviation
  2. EEL external elastic lamina, IEL internal elastic lamina