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Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Engineering

Table 4 Fung model average material parameters (c, b1, b2, b3, b4, b5, b6) in different regions of the porcine heart. The average curve was determined suing the same method as described in (Khoiy et al., 2018)

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

Parameters

RV region

LV region

Mid-wall region

c (kPa)

2.826

3.473

2.805

b1

1.763

1.490

1.409

b2

3.239

2.434

2.857

b3

1.294

0.704

1.141

b4

1.207

2.794

1.164

b5

0.548

1.407

0.204

b6

0.365

1.253

0.273

Anisotropy (A)

0.695

0.723

0.650

Fit (R2)

0.976

0.993

0.986

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