Research Article

Correlation between Doppler, Manual Morphometry, and Histopathology Based Morphometry of Radial Artery as a Conduit in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Table 4

Comparison of USG and histology based morphometry; IMTRD: intima-media thickness ratio distal, IMTR: intima-media thickness ratio proximal, ITD: intimal thickness distal, ITP: intimal thickness proximal, MTD: medial thickness distal, and MTP: medial thickness proximal.

Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC)Mean differenceLimit of agreement (upper and lower limit with 95% limits of agreement)

USG ITP and morpho-ITP0.91−0.001−0.003 to 0.002
USG ITD and morpho-ITD0.90−0.004−0.014 to 0.006
USG MTP and morpho-MTP0.91−0.004−0.020 to 0.012
USG MTD and morpho-MTD0.89−0.002−0.006 to 0.001
USG IMTRP and morpho-IMTRP0.890.009−0.039 to 0.057
USG IMTRD and morpho-IMTRD0.92−0.015−0.063 to 0.033