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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cardiovasc Transl Res. 2012 Nov 21;6(2):239–252. doi: 10.1007/s12265-012-9424-1

TABLE 2.

Compliance Curve Characteristics. [50, 56]

MC0 CC0 MCmax CCmax Pf | Cmax MCed CCed
LV 0.006±0.002 0.003±0.001 0.218±0.060 0.121±0.028 3.78±0.65 0.008±0.003 0.047±0.025
RV 0.313±0.084 0.217±0.046 0.343±0.074 0.259±0.030 0.64±0.29 0.008±0.002 0.012±0.003
P value < 0.002 < 0.001 NS < 0.004 0.001 NS NS

MC0, myocardial compliance at Pf = 0; CC0, chamber compliance at Pf = 0; MCmax, maximum myocardial compliance; CCmax, maximum chamber compliance; Pf | Cmax passive filling pressure (mm Hg) at maximum compliance; MCed end-diastolic myocardial compliance; CCed, end-diastolic chamber compliance; all compliances are in (mm Hg)−1.