Table 1.
Patients’ list and the results of measurement
| No | Age (yrs.) |
Response score |
Before mean (m/s) |
After mean (m/s) |
Rate of change (%) |
| 1 | 52 | 3 | 3.22 | 1.80 | –44.3 |
| 2 | 33 | 2 | 2.20 | 1.83 | –16.7 |
| 3 | 24 | 3 | 2.24 | 1.76 | –21.5 |
| 4 | 60 | 3 | 2.10 | 1.35 | –35.6 |
| 5 | 58 | 3 | 2.12 | 1.44 | –32.2 |
| 6 | 73 | 1 | 1.68 | 1.26 | –25.3 |
| 7 | 76 | 3 | 2.12 | 1.20 | –43.4 |
| 8 | 33 | 3 | 1.76 | 1.57 | –10.8 |
| 9 | 80 | 1 | 1.97 | 1.51 | –23.4 |
| 10 | 79 | 3 | 2.27 | 2.42 | 6.4 |
| 11 | 43 | 3 | 3.29 | 1.38 | –58.2 |
| 12 | 79 | 2 | 1.69 | 1.71 | 1.2 |
| 13 | 25 | 3 | 2.58 | 1.22 | –52.6 |
| 14 | 54 | 3 | 1.99 | 1.50 | –24.9 |
| 15 | 21 | 3 | 1.96 | 1.66 | –15.3 |
| 16 | 74 | 3 | 2.19 | 1.53 | –29.9 |
Before: the transmission velocity in SWE before PGE1 test, After: the transmission velocity in SWE after PGE1 test, Rate of change: After compared to Before (Before-After/Before).
yrs.: years
SWE: shear wave elastography
PGE1: prostaglandin E1