. 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 4.

Myofiber angle transmural slope (α_slope, degrees).

	Ant	Ant-Sep	Sep	Pos-Sep	Pos	Pos-Lat	Lat	Ant-Lat	Mean	SD
Basal	93^†	108^†	102^†	96^†	51*^,†	70^†	60*^,†	97^†	84	21
E1	113^†	112^†	112^†	85^†	70^†	110^†	76^†	130*	101	21
E2	83^†	106^†	124*^,†	92^†	49*^,†	117^†	84^†	129*	98	26
Apical	71^†	79^†	92^†	88^†	74^†	104^†	101^†	108^†	90	14
*Mean*	90	101	107	90	61	100	80	116
SD	18	15	14	5	13	21	17	16

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