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. 2018 May;110(5):440–448. doi: 10.5935/abc.20180071

Table 2.

PV ostia diameters measured on CT images

PV location Dlong (mm) Dshort (mm) Dcorrected (mm)
23-mm CB 28-mm CB p 23-mm CB 28-mm CB p 23-mm CB 28-mm CB p
LSPV 20.3 ± 3.0 21.7 ± 2.8 0.06 13.5 ± 2.7 15.2 ± 3.3 .04 17.7 ± 2.7 19.3 ± 2.5 0.02
LIPV 17.4 ± 3.4 17.6 ± 2.1 0.80 11.7 ± 3.3 12.9 ± 2.1 .13 15.3 ± 3.2 15.9 ± 1.9 0.41
RIPV 18.3 ± 3.0 19.6 ± 3.0 0.09 15.6 ± 2.9 17.1 ± 3.0 .054 17.3 ± 2.6 18.8 ± 2.7 0.046
RSPV 21.2 ± 3.0 24.3 ± 3.4 0.001 18.0 ± 3.7 20.4 ± 3.8 .02 20.0 ± 3.0 22.7 ± 3.4 0.01
Total 19.2 ± 3.4 20.8 ± 3.8 0.001 14.6 ± 3.9 16.4 ± 4.1 .001 17.6 ± 3.3 19.1 ± 3.6 0.001

Values are mean ± SD. p: p-value (unpaired Student's t-test). Dlong: PV ostium long diameter; Dshort: PV ostium short diameter; Dcorrected: Corrected diameter calculated from PV ostium perimeter PV ostium; CB: cryoballoon; LSPV: left superior pulmonary vein; LIPV: left inferior pulmonary vein; RIPV: right inferior pulmonary vein; RSPV: right superior pulmonary vein.