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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2011 Jun 16;51(3):428–434. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.06.006

Table 1.

In-vivo Echocardiographic Viscosity Parameters.

Standard Parameters Kinematic Parameter
AT [ms] DT [ms] DT-AT [ms] c [1/s]
WT 12.4±0.4 28.8±1.0 16.4±0.7 163±13
KO 15.4±0.9 25.1±0.7 9.7±1.1 94±13
p-value 0.008 0.009 <0.001 0.005
Parameter
Interpretation 		↑=↓viscosity
or ↓stiffness		 ↑=↑viscosity
or ↓stiffness		 ↑=↑viscosity ↑=↑viscosity

AT: acceleration time; DT: Deceleration time; c: independent kinematic viscosity parameter.