Table 2.
Percentages of nonsulfated disaccharides from CS isomers in the examined tissues (means ± SD). Significant differences (P < 0.05) are reported in bold.
| ΔDi-nonsulfated/total Δ-disaccharides | |||
| NT | TriCol | ||
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| Pericardium | 0.019 | 0.017 | |
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| Aortic valve | |||
| NT | TriCol | P | |
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| Leaflet | 0.177 ± 0.031 | 0.150 ± 0.024 | 0.228 |
| Sinus | 0.237 ± 0.031 | 0.158 ± 0.056 | 0.061 |
| Artery wall | 0.028 ± 0.016 | 0.048 ± 0.040 | 0.404 |
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| Pulmonary valve | |||
| NT | TriCol | P | |
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| Leaflet | 0.100 ± 0.017 | 0.090 ± 0.020 | 0.463 |
| Sinus | 0.129 ± 0.021 | 0.086 ± 0.029 | 0.070 |
| Artery wall | 0.029 ± 0.019 | 0.018 ± 0.004 | 0.380 |
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| Aortic versus pulmonary | |||
| NT | TriCol | ||
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| Leaflet | 0.005 | 0.008 | |
| Sinus | 0.001 | 0.117 | |
| Artery wall | 0.938 | 0.274 | |