TABLE 2.
Thicknesses of the porcine cardiovascular tissue samples Median sample thickness by tissue and heart with IQR in brackets. The median and IQRs of the left ventricular samples were calculated separately for the first four hearts and the last ten hearts due to the change of procedure by filleting.
| Heart | Aorta [mm] | Pulmonary artery [mm] | Right ventricle [mm] | Left ventricle long-axis [mm] | Left ventricle short-axis [mm] | Left ventricle diagonally [mm] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 10.5 | 15.1 | 17.7 | 20.1 |
| 2 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 10.8 | 14.8 | 14.3 | 18.5 |
| 3 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 10.7 | 14.5 | 16.1 | 17.4 |
| 4 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 11.3 | 17.8 | 18.9 | 20.9 |
| 5 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 10.8 | 7.7 | 11.7 | 10.0 |
| 6 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 9.7 | 7.8 | 11.1 | 10.9 |
| 7 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 10.8 | 10.2 | 10.9 | 10.5 |
| 8 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.3 |
| 9 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 11.1 | 10.5 | 11.6 | 10.3 |
| 10 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 11.1 | 9.8 | 10.5 | 10.8 |
| 11 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 11.3 | 10.7 |
| 12 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 10.6 |
| 13 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 9.9 | 8.8 | 10.8 | 11.3 |
| 14 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 11.5 | 10.6 | 9.3 | 9.3 |
| Median thickness native | 2.8 | 2.3 | 10.8 | 15.0 | 16.9 | 19.3 |
| (2.6–3.0) | (1.9–2.3) | (10.5–11.0) | (14.8–15.8) | (15.6–18.0) | (18.2–20.3) | |
| Thicknesses | 10.2 | 11.00 | 10.5 | |||
| filleted | (9.0–10.4) | (10.6–11.5) | (10.3–10.7) | |||