Table 1.
Average volumes of pre-aspirated and post-aspirated thrombus for each aspiration catheter. We evaluated the thrombus aspiration capability of each catheter by comparing volumes of pre-aspirated and post-aspirated thrombus via a Student's t-test.
| x | Catheter (F) | Volume (ml) |
Volume (ml) |
P Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Pre-aspirated) | (Post-aspirated) | |||
| Pulmonary Artery | 8 | 9.80 ± 2.23 | 9.75 ± 2.09 | 0.959 |
| 12 | 7.66 ± 1.53 | 7.60 ± 1.53 | 0.931 | |
| Inferior Vena Cava | 8 | 16.68 ± 4.56 | 16.65 ± 4.66 | 0.989 |
| 14 | 17.78 ± 2.08 | 17.75 ± 2.14 | 0.975 | |
| Iliofemoral Vein | 8 | 8.94 ± 1.84 | 8.92 ± 1.95 | 0.616 |
| 10 | 8.67 ± 1.64 | 8.66 ± 1.57 | 0.989 |