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Table 2 Regional LV wall thickness and systolic wall thickening in coronary CTO pigs

From: Improvement of LV functional performance in the chronic total coronary occlusion during the late stage is associated with the extensive collateral development

CTO duration

B-WTES (mm)

B-WTED (mm)

B-Wall thickening

I-WTES (mm)

I-WTED (mm)

R-WTES (mm)

R-WTED (mm)

R-Wall thickening (%)

6 weeks (n=3, mean±SD)

8.67 ± 0.57

6.51 ± 1.36

35.87 ± 19.14

3.19 ± 0.49

2.82 ± 0.45

13.54 ± 2.16

8.38 ± 1.55

62.1 ± 5.10

12 weeks (n=6, mean±SD)

11.31 ± 1.72

6.78 ± 1.31

68.31 ± 11.55

2.43 ± 0.64

2.07 ± 1.02

13.89 ± 3.22

8.72 ± 1.74

58.69 ± 9.58

P value

0.0403

0.7834

0.0142

0.1186

0.2756

0.8710

0.7828

0.5881

  1. Note: CTO-Chronic total occlusion, B-Border zone, I-Infarction segment, R-Remote region, WTES-End-systolic wall thickness, WTED-End-diastolic wall thickness.