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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 8.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2008 Jul 28;118(7):713–721. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.744623

TABLE 3.

TRANSMURAL SYSTOLIC FIBER-SHEET STRAINS IN THE ANTEROBASAL AND LATERAL EQUATORIAL REGION AT THREE DIFFERENT LV WALL DEPTHS

N=9 Subepicardium Midwall Subendocardium
Anterior Lateral Anterior Lateral Anterior Lateral
Eff −0.08±0.07 −0.08±0.04 −0.11±0.09 −0.11±0.05 −0.10±0.05 −0.10±0.08
Ess 0.00±0.04 0.11±0.07 0.22±0.12 0.09±0.06* −0.06±0.12 −0.04±0.20
Enn 0.16±0.15 0.03±0.06 0.02±0.12 0.08±0.10 0.45±0.40 0.17±0.09*
Efs −0.03±0.05 −0.01±0.07 −0.03±0.04 0.02±0.03 0.00±0.05 0.10±0.05*
Efn 0.03±0.09 0.01±0.02 −0.03±0.04 −0.07±0.05 −0.06±0.10 0.04±0.05
Esn −0.14±0.07 0.05±0.03* 0.21±0.12 −0.12±0.06* −0.19±0.23 0.20±0.15

Group mean (±SD) data from 9 hearts. ED = reference configuration; ES = deformed configuration.. Eff = Fiber strain; Ess = Sheet strain; Enn = Strain normal to laminae; Efs = Fiber-Sheet shear; Efn = Fiber-Normal shear; Esn = Sheet-Normal shear.

*

p<0.05 lateral vs. anterior fiber-sheet absolute strain values at the same wall depth; All data between the anterior and lateral LV wall at different levels were compared using repeated-measures ANOVA.