Table 1.

Assessment of blood serum chemistry

Serum	Baseline	2 months (pre-stent)	5 months (terminal)
Bilirubin	0.31 ± 0.28 μM	4.40 ± 2.43 μM *	1.42 ± 1.23 μM *
Blood Urea Nitrogen	5.4 ± 1.1 mM	7.0 ± 1.0 mM *	8.4 ± 2.7 mM *
Serum Creatinine	72 ± 15 μM	105 ± 45 μM *	91 ± 30 μM *

Swine were healthy through the remainder of the study with only altered blood work related to diabetes: n = 12. * p < 0.05 vs. baseline.