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Table 3.

LV end-systolic wall stress that takes into account curvature in normal heart

Segment	3DWS, ×1,000 N/m²	2DLWS, ×1,000 N/m²	2DSWS, ×1,000 N/m²	P
Segment	3DWS, ×1,000 N/m²	2DLWS, ×1,000 N/m²	2DSWS, ×1,000 N/m²	3DWS vs. 2DSWS	3DWS vs. 2DLWS	2DSWS vs. 2DLWS
1. Basal anterior	10.9±3.92	8.19±3.55	10.1±4.99	0.01	0.030	NS
2. Basal anterior septal	10.1±3.96	7.99±4.38	8.81±2.62	0.006	NS	NS
3. Basal inferior septal	12.4±3.21	12.1±5.56	7.54±2.81	NS	<0.0001	NS
4. Basal inferior	10.3±4.07	8.00±2.67	8.08±3.26	0.009	0.03	NS
5. Basal inferior lateral	10.4±4.69	7.80±3.46	8.73±3.83	0.003	0.021	NS
6. Basal anterior lateral	12.5±5.50	9.50±4.68	9.39±5.80	<0.001	0.003	NS
7. Middle anterior	13.7±4.52	9.10±3.88	10.0±3.93	<0.0001	<0.0001	NS
8. Middle anterior septal	10.2±3.85	7.41±4.02	9.85±3.33	0.024	NS	0.048
9. Middle inferior septal	11.9±4.69	10.5±6.60	7.41±3.44	NS	<0.0001	NS
10. Middle inferior	11.1±5.77	8.35±3.91	8.05±5.74	0.039	<0.0001	NS
11. Middle inferior lateral	12.6±9.63	8.00±5.89	10.8±9.49	0.021	<0.0001	NS
12. Middle anterior lateral	17.3±11.12	12.4±9.20	10.2±7.31	<0.0001	0.006	NS
13. Apical anterior	12.5±6.02	6.27±3.38	7.15±3.49	<0.0001	<0.0001	NS
14. Apical septal	8.50±4.23	6.07±3.79	5.53±2.54	NS	0.015	NS
15. Apical inferior	10.0±6.40	7.16±4.13	5.08±3.88	NS	0.003	NS
16. Apical lateral	10.7±7.40	5.87±3.14	10.7±7.40	0.045	0.006	NS

Values are means ± SD. 3DWS, 3-dimensional (3-D) wall stress; 2DLWS, wall stress in long-axis plane; 2DSWS, wall stress in short-axis plane; NS, not significant.