Table 2.

Vessel morphometry

	BiodivYsio SV	NIR SV	BiodivYsio standard	POBA
Lumen	1.37 (0.18)	1.05 (0.12)	1.13 (0.12)	1.62 (0.13)
Neointima	1.30 (0.16)	1.75 (0.12)*	2.20 (0.12)**	0.35 (0.05)**
Media	0.39 (0.04)	0.28 (0.02)*	0.24 (0.04)**	0.32 (0.02)
Adventitia	1.04 (0.07)	1.19 (0.08)	1.18 (0.07)	0.75 (0.04)**
Area in EEL	3.06 (0.13)	3.08 (0.10)	3.58 (0.14)**	2.29 (0.14)**
Total vessel	4.65 (0.14)	4.81 (0.13)	5.65 (0.14)**	3.01 (0.16)**

Numbers are mean (SEM) and correspond to the histograms in fig 3.

*p<0.05; **p<0.01 compared with BiodivYsio SV.

EEL, external elastic lamina (the area within the EEL can be taken to be approximately the area within the stent).