TABLE 2

Relationship between mechanical strength and the increase in vascular ring length from basal levels Lengths of the vascular ring before being stretched were used as the basal levels.

Mechanical Strength Percentage of Increased Ring Length from Basal Level
Internal Mammary Artery (n = 11) Saphenous Vein (n = 11)
%
0 g 0 0
1 g 10.2 ± 2.2* 13.3 ± 2.7*#
3 g 46.1 ± 5.1* 56.3 ± 6.3*#
5 g 68.2 ± 6.4* 79.4 ± 6.1*#

  • ↵* P < 0.05 vs. basal level

  • ↵# P < 0.05 vs. the IMA group after application of an equal amount of mechanical strain