Table 2.
Hemodynamic changes of liver before and after embolization
Treatment | Non-embolized | Embosphere | Microsphere | Gelfoam |
(n = 3) | (n = 3) | (n = 2) | (n = 2) | |
Blood volume1 | 12.75 ± 0.69 | 9.60 ± 1.48 | 9.42 ± 0.24 | 10.22 ± 1.24 |
Mean decrease | 3.16 ± 0.82 | 3.33 ± 0.73 | 2.54 ± 0.82 | |
P value | 0.008 | 0.004 | 0.021 | |
Time to Start2 | 11.40 ± 1.57 | 15.44 ± 2.10 | 15.91 ± 0.39 | 15.44 ± 1.74 |
Mean delay | 4.04 ± 1.33 | 4.51 ± 1.19 | 4.04 ± 1.33 | |
P value | 0.023 | 0.009 | 0.023 |
Blood volume estimated by arterial enhancement;
Time elapsed from contrast injection to the beginning of arterial enhancement; Data was expressed as mean ± SD; P value: Embolized group vs non-embolized group by one way ANOVA test with LSD post-hoc test.