. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2009 Oct 22;29(12):2083–2089. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.109.193227

Table 2.

Unloaded arterial dimensions, in vivo stretch ratio for carotid arteries and in vivo length and ex vivo opening angle of ascending aortae.

	WT	Fbn-1 ^+/−	Eln ^+/−	dHet
Left Common Carotid
Thickness (µm)	94 ± 8	103 ± 12	94 ± 11	84 ± 11^$
Outer diameter (µm)	425 ± 34	441 ± 46	400 ± 37	357 ± 32^$
In vivo stretch ratio	1.40 ± .06	1.36 ± .05	1.23 ± .06^*	1.19 ± .05^$
Ascending Aorta
Thickness (µm)	159 ± 13	176 ± 19	142 ± 6^*	157 ± 26
Outer diameter (µm)	1017 ± 45	1066 ± 53	868 ± 45^*	890 ± 51^$
In vivo length (mm)	2.47 ± .18	2.71 ± .06^@	3.55 ± .52^*	3.68 ± .19^$
Opening angle (deg)	139 ± 36	144 ± 20	159 ± 13	160 ± 26
Tension/lamellar unit ratio (Pa-m)	1	1.3	1	1.1
Number of mice	6	4	6	6

p < 0.05 between Eln^+/− and WT or Fbn1^+/−

p < 0.05 between dHet and WT or Fbn1^+/−

p < 0.05 between Fbn1^+/− and WT