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Table 1 Assessment of blood serum chemistry

From: Comparative vascular responses three months after paclitaxel and everolimus-eluting stent implantation in streptozotocin-induced diabetic porcine coronary arteries

Serum

Baseline

2 months (pre-stent)

5 months (terminal)

Bilirubin

0.31 ± 0.28 μM

4.40 ± 2.43 μM *

1.42 ± 1.23 μM *

Blood Urea Nitrogen

5.4 ± 1.1 mM

7.0 ± 1.0 mM *

8.4 ± 2.7 mM *

Serum Creatinine

72 ± 15 μM

105 ± 45 μM *

91 ± 30 μM *

  1. Swine were healthy through the remainder of the study with only altered blood work related to diabetes: n = 12. * p < 0.05 vs. baseline.