Cardiac Function in a Long-Term Follow-Up Study of Moderate and Severe Porcine Model of Chronic Myocardial Infarction

Table 2

Histological analysis.

Parameter	Measure	LCx	LAD	value
Collagen density infarct area	%	89.2 ± 4.0	89.2 ± 4.2	NS
Collagen density border area	%	5.1 ± 1.5	5.5 ± 1.3	NS
Collagen density remote area	%	4.4 ± 1.1	3.0 ± 0.7	NS
Arteriole density infarct area	Arterioles/view	11.2 ± 1.5	10.1 ± 1.9	NS
Arteriole density border area	Arterioles/view	5.1 ± 1.1	9.2 ± 1.4	NS
Arteriole density remote area	Arterioles/view	3.5 ± 0.5	5.4 ± 0.9	NS
Capillary density border area	Capillaries/mm²	713.9 ± 74.3	714.4 ± 85.5	NS
Capillary density remote area	Capillaries/mm²	470.5 ± 48.0	376.4 ± 37.9	NS

Overview of histological parameters. NS indicates nonsignificant difference between the groups.