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Table 2 Parameters and results of the in vivo MR PWV measurements.

From: Regional in vivo transit time measurements of aortic pulse wave velocity in mice with high-field CMR at 17.6 Tesla

parameter (mean ± standard deviation)

ApoE (-/-)group

C57Bl/6J group

age of animals (mo.)

8

8

number of animals

5

4

number of measurements

9

8

body mass (g)

28.4 ± 4.5

30.4 ±0.9

anesthetic

  

   isofluorane (%)

1.8 ± 0.2

1.7 ± 0.2

   in O2 (l/min)

1.5 ± 0.0

1.8 ± 0.4

avg. heart period (ms)

109 ± 9

112 ± 4

change in heart period of single experiments (ms)

2.0 ± 1.6

2.2 ± 1.5

distance between measurement locations (mm)

12.2 ± 1.1

9.5 ± 1.4

transit time between measurement locations (mm)

4.1 ± 0.9

4.2 ± 1.1

PWV* (m/s)

3.0 ± 0.6

2.4 ± 0.4

  1. *The mean PWV of the ApoE(-/-) group is higher than the mean PWV of the C57Bl/6J group with statistical significance (p = 0.014).