Table 2.
Averaged mean force/width ± SD (mN/mm) of the T-peel tests. IM stands for intima-media, MA for media-adventitia and M for media. C and L are the circumferntial and longitudinal directions, respectively
| IM | MA | M | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | L | C | L | C | L | |
| ATA | 58.72 ± 24.21 | 65.76 ± 21.67 | 69.27 ± 34.84 | 77.79 ± 24.15 | 62.18 ± 22.78 | 64.46 ± 29.01 |
| (n = 9) | (n = 8) | (n = 8) | (n = 8) | (n = 8) | (n = 8) | |
| DTA | 44.69 ± 14.54 | 36.03 ± 18.99 | 43.22 ± 16.72 | 44.53 ± 16.72 | 49.47 ± 19.91 | 50.53 ± 16.13 |
| (n = 8) | (n = 6) | (n = 8) | (n = 9) | (n = 8) | (n = 7) | |
| IAA | 39.73 ± 16.41 | 35.43 ± 17.14 | 49.41 ± 12.35 | 46.58 ± 17.44 | 43.85 ± 15.32 | 45.29 ± 18.61 |
| (n = 6) | (n = 5) | (n = 5) | (n = 7) | (n = 7) | (n = 8) | |