Table 4.

Histopathology composition and distribution of findings

		Xience V	Taxus
Strut/IEL gap	Incidence	1/11	7/11
	Percentage	5.6	36.9 ± 32.9
Peri-strut hemorrhage	Incidence	------	2/11
	Percentage	------	11.3 ± 10.7
Peri-strut plasma	Incidence	11/11	3/11
	Grade	1.35 ± 20.6	0.78 ± 0.39
Marginated/subendothelial leukocytes	Incidence	4/11	10/11
	Grade	0.46 ± 0.16	1.00 ± 0.52
Neointimal neovascularization	Incidence	------	5/11
	Grade	------	0.80 ± 0.18
Medial necrosis	Incidence	------	7/11
	Grade	------	0.52 ± 0.26
Adventitial inflammation	Incidence	------	1/11
	Grade	------	0.33
Adventitial fibrosis	Incidence	------	------
	Grade	------	------

Incidence results are presented as # of stents with findings/total number of stents.

Mean grade or percentage results are presented as mean grade or percentage of affected struts per group ± standard deviation.

n = 11 for Xience V, n = 11 for Taxus.