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. 2017 Mar 15;17:75. doi: 10.1186/s12887-017-0837-5

Table 4.

Microcirculatory parameters

T1 T2
Small Vessels All Vessels Small Vessels All Vessels
Median IQRf Median IQRf Median IQRf Median IQRf
MFIa 2.1 0.9 2.5 0.4 2.4 0.6 2.7 0.3
TVDb (mm/mm2) 12.4 4.1 13.3 3.5 12.7 2.3 14.7 3.5
DeBacker Score (vessels/mm) 8.6 1.9 NAg NAg 9.4 1.5 NAg NAg
PVDc (mm/mm2) 12.0 3.5 12.5 4.3 13.0 2.8 13.3 3.1
PPVd % 83.1 10.0 91.4 11.0 85.5 13.0 92.9 6.0
HIe 0.62 0.37 0.26 0.16 0.58 0.71 0.25 0.26

MFI a Microvascular Flow Index, TVD b Total Vessel Density, PVD c Perfused Vessel Density, PPV d Proportion of perfused vessels, HI e Heterogeneity Index, IQR f Interquartile range, NA g Non-Applicable