Table 2.
Histomorphometric measurements after stent implantation in the rat abdominal aorta.
| Wildtype apoE+/+ rats | Homozygous apoE−/− knockout rats | Heterozygous apoE+/− knockout rats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal Diet | Western Diet | Normal Diet | Western Diet | Normal Diet | Western Diet | |
| Restenosis (%) | 7.18 ± 0.54 | 12.44 ± 1.10 | 7.80 ± 0.79 | |||
| 7.44 ± 0.88 | 7.00 ± 0.68 | 10.47 ± 0.85 | 13.72 ± 1.70 | 6.44 ± 0.98 | 8.95 ± 1.18 | |
| Neointimal area (μm2) | 245,301 ± 19,545 | 401,954 ± 36,379 | 262,804 ± 26,076 | |||
| 252,535 ± 31,798 | 240,040 ± 24,983 | 315,225 ± 27,842 | 458,211 ± 55,604 | 219,885 ± 34,808 | 229,364 ± 37,257 | |
| Neointimal thickness (μm) | 38.32 ± 2.98 | 65.87 ± 5.82 | 41.45 ± 4.14 | |||
| 39.62 ± 4.87 | 37.37 ± 3.81 | 53.89 ± 4.63 | 73.64 ± 8.94 | 34.36 ± 5.33 | 47.49 ± 6.01 | |
| IEL area (μm2) | 3,394,754 ± 52,489 | 3,424,818 ± 92,788 | 3,475,626 ± 76,789 | |||
| 3,333,736 ± 70,893 | 3,439,131 ± 74,530 | 3,104,869 ± 78,204 | 3,632,353 ± 134,468 | 3,367,053 ± 90,283 | 3,568,114 ± 118,274 | |
| Luminal area (μm2) | 3,149,453 ± 50,620 | 3,017,717 ± 94,036 | 3,212,822 ± 80,523 | |||
| 3,081,201 ± 61,964 | 3,199,091 ± 74,535 | 2,776,561 ± 70,271 | 3,174,142 ± 143,262 | 3,147,168 ± 83,277 | 3,268,750 ± 131,790 | |
Data are presented as mean ± standard error of the mean.