Research Article

The Effect of Mechanical Overloading on Surface Roughness of the Coronary Arteries

Table 1

Mean average deviation of the proximal and distal samples (; ) for surface roughness of the healthy and damaged LAD coronary arteries, in the hydrated and dehydrated states.

(μm) (μm)

Hydrated healthy
Hydrated damaged
Dehydrated damaged

† indicates the result is significantly greater than both their hydrated damaged and healthy values.