Table 4 Distance from the renal nerves to the endothelium of the renal artery as a function of anatomical position for treated and untreated arteries
From: Renal sympathetic denervation using MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound in a porcine model
Distance from lumen (mm) | Treated arteries | Control arteries | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 3 | Region 4 | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 3 | Region 4 | |
0–1 | 1 (1.2 %) | – | – | 1 (1.2 %) | – | – | 3 (4.4 %) | 1 (1.5 %) |
1–2 | 5 (6.0 %) | 10 (12.1 %) | 20 (24.1 %) | 28 (33.7 %) | 2 (2.9 %) | 11 (15.6 %) | 20 (29.0 %) | 14 (22.3 %) |
2–3 | 2 (2.4 %) | – | 6 (7.2 %) | 2 (2.4 %) | 2 (2.9 %) | 5 (7.3 %) | 2 (3.4 %) | 6 (8.7 %) |
3–4 | 1 (1.2 %) | – | 4 (4.8 %) | – | – | – | – | 3 (4.4 %) |
>4 | – | 3 (3.6 %) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Nerves/region | 9 | 13 | 30 | 31 | 4 | 16 | 25 | 24 |