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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 31.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Apr;87(4):1240–1249. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.12.049

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Collagen fiber architecture maps: (a) PV at 4 mmHg, (b) AV at 4 mmHg, (c) PV at 4 mmHg, and (d) AV at 90 mmHg. There was a drastic improvement in fiber orientation between 4 and 90 mmHg for the PV and minimal improvement in the fiber orientation between 4 and 90 mmHg for the AV. The overall fiber orientation of the PV and the AV was similar at 90 mmHg.