Table 3.

Variation of circumferential stress over the cardiac cycle and values of tangent elastic moduli for CCA, ECA and ICA of 16 patients. Bottom line contains mean values and standard deviation (SD).

No	Variation of σθ, kPa from diastole to systole			Ediastole, MPa			Esystole, MPa
	CCA	ECA	ICA	CCA	ECA	ICA	CCA	ECA	ICA
1	37-137	22-78	35-113	0.41	0.16	0.78	0.63	1.50	2.38
2	17-49	16-45	21-52	0.19	0.09	0.94	0.88	0.89	1.69
3	17-35	15-29	13-25	0.15	0.19	0.16	0.17	0.25	0.40
4	23-72	18-47	18-47	0.45	0.26	0.42	0.83	1.11	1.43
5	31-75	20-67	21-51	0.67	0.19	0.39	0.69	0.33	0.39
6	19-56	21-57	18-44	0.16	0.16	0.21	0.85	0.59	0.65
7	22-51	29-67	33-86	0.88	0.95	0.91	6.25	2.22	2.00
8	33-77	37-85	34-89	0.47	0.78	0.53	2.68	1.60	1.90
9	20-52	23-71	43-94	0.20	0.30	0.76	0.34	0.52	2.43
10	17-48	14-33	24-64	0.22	1.29	0.95	0.83	1.30	0.96
11	26-52	16-28	30-60	0.61	0.66	0.85	1.06	1.32	0.86
12	22-60	31-84	34-81	0.23	0.66	1.06	0.55	1.17	1.60
13	16-45	17-39	33-76	0.17	0.35	0.79	0.17	1.09	1.89
14	30-67	23-52	29-61	0.31	0.63	0.65	0.83	1.22	2.08
15	31-57	31-55	28-50	0.47	0.71	0.32	0.48	1.67	2.25
16	33-78	24-67	31-81	0.88	0.45	1.14	6.82	1.41	1.19
Mean ± SD	25±7 – 63±23	22±7 – 57±19	28±8 – 67±23	0.40±0.25	0.49±0.34	0.68±0.31	1.50±2.05	1.14±0.52	1.51±0.69