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Figure 4 Arteries retain more EOCs in the presence of magnetized stents. (A)
Cell retention in vivo was significantly higher on magnetized (solid bars)
versus non-magnetized control stents (open bars)
for both femoral and coronary position. *p < 0.05 for magnetized versus non-magnetized stent. (B)
Overlapping, composite, low-power microscopic images of the luminal surface of a porcine coronary artery showing distribution of labeled cells along stent tines and the adjacent denuded endothelium. Abbreviations as in Figure 1
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