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Table 2 QCA assessment of coronary arteries

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

In stent

Xience V

Taxus

p-value

Pre-Stent Mean Lumen Diameter

2.68 ± 0.19

2.79 ± 0.19

-

Balloon to artery ratio

1.16 ± 0.03*

1.10 ± 0.03

0.002

MLD, mm

2.40 ± 0.30

2.26 ± 0.50

0.25

Diameter stenosis, %

11.2 ± 9.8

19.3 ± 14.7

0.12

Binary restenosis, %

0

8.3

N/A

Late Loss, mm

0.28 ± 0.30

0.55 ± 0.53

0.058

  1. MLD – Minimal lumen diameter. n = 11 for Xience V, n = 11 for Taxus.
  2. * p < 0.05 vs. Taxus.