Table 2

Baseline, angiographic and histopathological characteristics

Characteristics
Control
Probucol
LXS
HXS

Mini-pig
5
5
5
5
Weight (kg)
32.4 ± 3.36
31 ± 2.74
32 ± 3.32
30.4 ± 2.19
Angiography




     Balloon-to-artery ratio
1.40 ± 0.04
1.37 ± 0.10
1.37 ± 0.09
1.42 ± 0.06
     Dilation (after injury) (%)
21.21 ± 0.06
22.24 ± 0.09
24.99 ± 0.09
23.69 ± 0.05
Histopathology




     Pathological grade
2.6 ± 0.89
2.6 ± 0.89
3 ± 0
2.4 ± 0.89
     Injury score
0.35 ± 0.18
0.31 ± 0.20
0.31 ± 0.11
0.41 ± 0.20

Values are mean ± SD. No value was significantly different among the four groups by ANOVA (P > 0.05).

Xu et al. Chinese Medicine 2006 1:2   doi:10.1186/1749-8546-1-2