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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 May 31;96(1):10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.008. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.008

Table 2.

Morphometric data

Variables Pre-CFRVAD implantation Autopsy P Values
Wall diameter (μm) 163.7 ± 86.3 382.8 ± 87.9 0.0001
Wall thickness (μm) 52.7 ± 33.1 159.7 ± 47.1 0.0001
Wall thickness/diameter 0.30 ± 0.02 0.38 ± 0.09 0.060
SML-CSA (mm2) 0.035 ± 0.038 0.217 ± 0.116 0.001
SML-CSA/nSMC (μm2/cell) 148.9 ± 53.9 186.5 ± 34.6 0.124

CFRVAD, continuous-flow right ventricular assist device; SML-CSA, cross-sectional area of the smooth muscle layer; nSMC, number of smooth muscle cells.