Table 2.

Measures of aortic diameters (AD) of rats subjected elastase perfusion followed by respective treatments.

Groups	Aortic diameter (mm) before elastase perfusion	Aortic diameter (mm) after elastase perfusion	Aortic diameter (mm) after 24 days of elastase perfusion	ΔAD (mm)	% ΔAD
Sham operated (saline treated) n=10	1.45±0.01	1.43±0.01	1.46±0.01	0.1±0.01	6.89±0.1%
Control (saline treated) n=10	1.46±0.01	1.90±0.2*	2.75±0.7**	1.29±1.2	119.17±0.6%
L-THP Treated n=10	1.44±0.01	1.91±0.3#	2.15±0.6#,$	0.71±0.3	31.94 ±0.8%

^*P<0.01 compared to control before elastase perfusion;

^**P<0.001 compared to diameters before elastase perfusion in control rats;

^#P<0.01 compared to diameters before elastase perfusion in L-THP treated rats.

^$P<0.01 compared to diameters of control rats after 24 days of elastase perfusion.