. 2015 Mar 3;10(3):e0116080. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116080

Table 1. Particles lost and released after simulated use in in vitro vessel model.

		Results			Statistical Analysis
	Particle Size [μm]	Cetpyrsal/PTX-DCB	HA/PTX-DCB	PVP/PTX-DCB	Cetpyrsal/PTX- vs. HA/PTX-DCB	Cetpyrsal/PTX-vs. PVP/PTX-DCB	HA/PTX- vs. PVP/PTX-DCB
Number of particles lost during track [#/mm²]	≥10	100 ± 106	418 ± 198	790 ± 191	^**	^**	^*
Number of particles lost during track [#/mm²]	≥25	16 ± 12	25 ± 9	53 ± 11	n.s.	^**	^**
Number of particles transferred after dilatation [#/mm²]	≥10	70 ± 37	37 ± 7	93 ± 53	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
Number of particles transferred after dilatation [#/mm²]	≥25	18 ± 10	3 ± 1	12 ± 7	^**	n.s.	^**

Number of particles (≥10 μm, ≥25 μm) per mm² balloon surface released from differently coated DCB after simulated use in an in vitro vessel model according to ASTM F2394-07, X.2.4. Values show mean ± SD of 5 experiments

n.s.: not significant

* significant: p<0.05

** very significant: p<0.01