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Table 2 Comparison of lumen measurements by Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)

From: Post-procedure micro-CT analyses of coronary artery stenting in left main vessels of reanimated and perfusion-fixed human hearts

  

2 mm distal OCT (mm2)

HH541 (healthy fresh)

Fresh post-PCI

7.32

Formalin-fixed post-PCI

6.67

HH556 (diseased fresh)

Fresh post-PCI

9.55

Formalin-fixed post-PCI

9.47

  1. OCT measurements of the lumen at a distance 2 mm distal to the implanted stents. Comparisons were made in specimens with and without disease (reanimated heart that was subsequently formalin fixed) to evaluate lumenal changes associated with fixation process
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