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Table 2 Material parameters (c, b1, b2, b3, b4, b5, b6) of fitted Fung model Eq. (9) on left ventricle (LV) of porcine myocardium including model fit (R2) and anisotropy (A) of the same myocardium

From: Study of biaxial mechanical properties of the passive pig heart: material characterisation and categorisation of regional differences

 

Sample 1 (LV)

Sample 2 (LV)

Sample 3 (LV)

Sample 4 (LV)

c (kPa)

2.019

3.799

4.242

3.830

b1

1.310

1.986

1.203

1.462

b2

3.425

1.990

1.991

2.331

b3

0.660

0.834

0.660

0.660

b4

3.201

4.101

1.370

2.505

b5

1.600

1.717

0.709

1.600

b6

1.362

2.026

0.582

1.043

Anisotropy (A)

0.482

0.999

0.703

0.710

Fit (R2)

0.993

0.994

0.993

0.993

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