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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Surg. 2008 Jul 15;48(3):519–526. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.03.064

Figure 4. Effect of doxycycline treatment on aortic neck diameter among patients with Excluder endograft.

Figure 4

In the placebo treated group all aortic necks significantly increased in diameter between the pre-operative and 6 month CT scan measures. Among the patients treated with an Excluder endograft, doxycycline prevented this increase in aortic neck diameter. The treated patients demonstrated a significantly smaller increase in aortic diameter than the untreated patients for this sub-group (P<.05). Data is expressed as a percentage of the aortic neck diameter as measured on cross-sectional imaging relative to the nominal endograft diameter (percentage oversized).