. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 15.

Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2008 Sep 20;41(15):3219–3224. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.08

Table 2.

Midwall myofiber angle (α_mid, degrees).

	Ant	Ant-Sep	Sep	Pos-Sep	Pos	Pos-Lat	Lat	Ant-Lat	Mean	SD
Basal	−10^†	−10^†	−3^†	−12^†	1^†	−16^†	−20*^,†	−3^†	−9	7
E1	−7^†	1^†	−12^†	−20^†	−10^†	11*	−13^†	0	−6	10
E2	9	−4^†	−22*^,†	−7^†	−15^†	9*	−9^†	1	−5	11
Apical	−4^†	−10^†	−18^†	−6^†	−14^†	2	−2^†	−2	−7	7
*Mean*	−3	−5	−13	−11	−10	2	−11	−1
SD	9	5	8	6	7	12	8	2

Regional heterogeneity indicated by significant deviation from mean LV α_mid (*, P<0.05). Significantly different myofiber geometry compared to computational results of Vendelin indicated by † (P<0.01, Bonferroni corrected).