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Effect of tissue thickness on sample deflection, strain, and wall-shear stress.
| Tissue thickness (μm) | Maximum tissue deflection (μm) | Radial strain (%)
|
Circumferential strain (%)
|
Surface-averaged ventricular shear stress (dyn/cm2)
|
Surface-averaged aortic shear stress (dyn/cm2)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Min | Max | Min | Max | ||
| 400 | 75 | −1.1 | 1.2 | −1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 78.3 | −6.7 | 9.2 |
| 500 | 48 | −0.4 | 0.7 | −0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 76.4 | −8.5 | 9.4 |
| 600 | 89 | −1.4 | 1.5 | −1.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 99.3 | −9.5 | 9.9 |
