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Table 5 Evaluation of aortic patch in relation to the coverage area of internal apposition fibrosis of the retail deployed in the aorta.

From: Bovine pericardium retail preserved in glutaraldehyde and used as a vascular patch

 

SF

RF

p

Zero

-

-

< 0.001

1 st degree

11

-

< 0.001

2 nd degree

3

10

< 0.001

3 rd degree

-

4

< 0.001

  1. Statistical test: Chi Square test. SF: Smooth Face - Extension of fibrosis; RF: Rough Face - Extension of fibrosis. (Zero) Absent; (1st degree) light, when covering less than half of the retail area; (2nd degree) moderate, when covering more than a half of the retail area.; (3rd degree) intense, when covering the entire area of the retail.
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