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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 13.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2002 Dec 5;284(4):H1277–H1284. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00168.2002

Table 3.

Myocardial stiffness coefficients

Control AVF AG+AVF
LV free wall
    Circumferential stiffness 25.7 ± 1.5 22.0 ± 3.3 22.7 ± 1.0
    Longitudinal stiffness 73.0 ± 7.3 184.2 ± 51.2*† 87.5 ± 15.4
Sep
    Circumferential stiffness 22.7 ± 2.9 34.6 ± 2.5*† 23.4 ± 3.2
    Longitudinal stiffness 47.6 ± 8.3 63.7 ± 8.8 40.7 ± 6.8

Values are means ± SE.

*

P < 0.05 AVF vs. control

†

P < 0.05 AVF vs. AG+AVF.