| CON | AV | MC | MC+AV |
Larger pulmonary arteries >50 µm | | | | |
Outer vessel diameter | 106.8±5.6 | 100.7±9.2 | 106.1±6.5 | 140.0±4.7* |
Inner vessel diameter | 88.0±5.3 | 75.3±7.5 | 78.0±7.3 | 110.2±4.1* |
Medial wall thickness | 9.4±0.5 | 12.7±2.1 | 14.0±2.1* | 14.9±0.7* |
Wall:lumen ratio | 0.12±0.01 | 0.20±0.04 | 0.24±0.07* | 0.15±0.01 |
Arteries n | 20±2.0 | 24±4.0 | 38±6.0 | 48±4.0* |
Smaller pulmonary vessels <50 µm | | | | |
Outer diameter | 32.3±0.7 | 34.3±1.5 | 32.5±1.0 | 31.5±0.6 |
Luminal diameter | 31.5±0.7 | 32.4±1.7 | 26.3±1.1* | 25.7±0.6* |
Total wall thickness | 0.38±0.10 | 0.97±0.21 | 3.09±0.28* | 2.89±0.23* |
Luminal occlusion % | 3.7±0.8 | 8.8±2.0 | 30.9±2.6* | 29.8±2.0* |
Muscularisation | | | | |
Vessel totally muscularised % | 7.0±1.9 | 12.6±3.6 | 32.8±8.4* | 24.0±2.8* |
Vessel partially muscularised % | 0.9±0.5 | 0.9±0.5 | 3.4±1.6 | 5.0±0.9* |