Research Article
Fine Structure of Glycosaminoglycans from Fresh and Decellularized Porcine Cardiac Valves and Pericardium
Table 2
Percentages of nonsulfated disaccharides from CS isomers in the examined tissues (means ± SD). Significant differences (
) are reported in bold.
| ΔDi-nonsulfated/total Δ-disaccharides | | NT | TriCol | |
| Pericardium | 0.019 | 0.017 | |
| Aortic valve | | | | | NT | TriCol | P |
| Leaflet | | | 0.228 | Sinus | | | 0.061 | Artery wall | | | 0.404 |
| Pulmonary valve | | | | | NT | TriCol | P |
| Leaflet | | | 0.463 | Sinus | | | 0.070 | Artery wall | | | 0.380 |
| | Aortic versus pulmonary | | | NT | TriCol | |
| Leaflet | 0.005 | 0.008 | | Sinus | 0.001 | 0.117 | | Artery wall | 0.938 | 0.274 | |
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