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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010 Mar 17;140(1):233–239.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.11.055

Table 2.

Comparison between experimentally measured and finite element predicted volume and circumferential strain. Values are mean ± standard deviation. LV = left ventricle, ED = end-diastole, ES = end-systole, BZ = borderzone

Experiment Simulation
LV Volume @ ED [ml] 94.3±25.1 94.2±25.1
LV Volume @ ES [ml] 73.6±26.0 75.6±27.5
Circumferential Strain
  @ Base −0.091±0.041 −0.067±0.029
  @ Remote −0.114±0.037 −0.108±0.046
  @ BZ −0.030±0.015 −0.033±0.026