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. 2015 Aug 28;7(8):212–219. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v7.i8.212

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
1

Blood volume estimated by arterial enhancement;

2

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.