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. 2011 Jul 22;301(4):H1447–H1455. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00295.2011

Table 4.

End-systolic fiber strains at the anterolateral left ventricle during atrial and local biventricular activation in failing and nonfailing hearts

Failing Hearts (n = 6)
Nonfailing Hearts (n = 5)
Strain/Depth ATRIAL ENDO EPI ATRIAL ENDO EPI
Eff
    Sub-epi −0.05 ± 0.02 −0.04 ± 0.01 −0.01 ± 0.02 −0.09 ± 0.02 −0.06 ± 0.02 −0.07 ± 0.02
    Midwall −0.10 ± 0.02§ −0.07 ± 0.02* 0.01 ± 0.03 −0.17 ± 0.02 −0.16 ± 0.01* −0.11 ± 0.02
    Sub-endo −0.14 ± 0.02§ −0.07 ± 0.03 −0.07 ± 0.03 −0.19 ± 0.02 −0.18 ± 0.01 −0.16 ± 0.02
Ecc
    Sub-epi −0.06 ± 0.01 −0.05 ± 0.02 −0.03 ± 0.02 −0.05 ± 0.01 −0.01 ± 0.03 −0.003 ± 0.03
    Midwall −0.08 ± 0.02 −0.07 ± 0.02 −0.05 ± 0.03 −0.08 ± 0.03 −0.06 ± 0.06 −0.04 ± 0.07
    Sub-endo −0.08 ± 0.01§ −0.08 ± 0.02* 0.003 ± 0.03 −0.20 ± 0.04 −0.16 ± 0.07* −0.07 ± 0.06
Err
    Sub-epi 0.14 ± 0.03 0.07 ± 0.02 0.05 ± 0.02 0.15 ± 0.03 0.17 ± 0.06 0.16 ± 0.04
    Midwall 0.27 ± 0.04 0.14 ± 0.03* 0.08 ± 0.04 0.37 ± 0.05 0.35 ± 0.06* 0.29 ± 0.04
    Sub-endo 0.42 ± 0.06§ 0.20 ± 0.07* 0.14 ± 0.06 0.62 ± 0.08 0.55 ± 0.09* 0.41 ± 0.07
Efc
    Sub-epi −0.004 ± 0.02 0.01 ± 0.02 0.02 ± 0.02 −0.02 ± 0.01 −0.05 ± 0.02* −0.006 ± 0.03
    Midwall 0.01 ± 0.02 −0.001 ± 0.01 −0.011 ± 0.01 0.02 ± 0.01 0.004 ± 0.02 0.01 ± 0.01
    Sub-endo 0.001 ± 0.01§ 0.04 ± 0.05* −0.03 ± 0.02 0.06 ± 0.02 0.08 ± 0.03 0.07 ± 0.03
Ecr
    Sub-epi 0.02 ± 0.02 0.02 ± 0.02 −0.02 ± 0.02 0.02 ± 0.01 −0.05 ± 0.02 −0.03 ± 0.05
    Midwall −0.02 ± 0.03 −0.05 ± 0.02 −0.05 ± 0.01 0.03 ± 0.02 −0.07 ± 0.09 −0.07 ± 0.08
    Sub-endo −0.07 ± 0.06 −0.07 ± 0.06 −0.08 ± 0.04 0.001 ± 0.04 −0.01 ± 0.09* −0.07 ± 0.09
Efr
    Sub-epi 0.05 ± 0.02 0.03 ± 0.02 0.02 ± 0.02 0.03 ± 0.01 0.07 ± 0.03* 0.05 ± 0.02
    Midwall 0.07 ± 0.04 0.04 ± 0.05 0.02 ± 0.03 0.07 ± 0.03 0.04 ± 0.04 0.03 ± 0.04
    Sub-endo 0.07 ± 0.03 0.001 ± 0.08 −0.02 ± 0.02 0.09 ± 0.05 −0.004 ± 0.09* −0.04 ± 0.08

Values are means ± SE for failing (n = 6) and nonfailing (n = 5) hearts. ATRIAL, left atrial pacing; ENDO, biventricular pacing at local endocardial anterolateral surface; EPI, biventricular pacing at local epicardial anterolateral surface; Sub-epi, subepicardial wall depth (i.e., 25%); Sub-endo, subendocardial wall depth (i.e., 75%); Eff, fiber normal strain; Ecc, cross-fiber normal strain; Err, radial normal strain; Efc, fiber-cross-fiber shear strain; Ecr, cross-fiber-radial shear strain; Efr, fiber-radial shear strain.

*

P < 0.05, ENDO vs. EPI;

P < 0.05, ENDO vs. ATRIAL;

P < 0.05, EPI vs. ATRIAL;

§

P < 0.05, failing ATRIAL vs. nonfailing ATRIAL (comparisons performed with a two-way repeated-measures ANOVA and Tukey's post hoc tests).