Comparison of a new stent and Wallstent for transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in a porcine model

Table 4 Quantified histological proliferation in specimens with Cordis stent vs. Wallstent

Region	Thickness (mm)			Proliferation area/total area (%)
	Cordis stent	Wallstent	P value*	Cordis stent	Wallstent	P value*
Hepatic	2.04 ± 1.28	1.85 ± 0.96	0.66	57.49 ± 23.60	51.43 ± 24.61	0.74
Middle	1.42 ± 0.82	1.31 ± 0.87	0.63	49.89 ± 17.31	47.91 ± 20.12	0.60
Portal	2.46 ± 0.98	2.38 ± 0.23	0.61	71.88 ± 21.18	69.97 ± 29.45	0.57
Average	2.18 ± 1.07	2.00 ± 0.02	0.73	59.18 ± 23.06	51.66 ± 25.11	0.78

*Two-tail t test.