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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2014 Jan 14;47(4):878–889. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.01.009

Table 1.

Constitutive parameters of the constituents of the coronary artery model (reference parameters).

Constituent Constitutive model Parameters
Epicardium Linear elastic E = 0.1 kPa, υ = 0.45
Myocardium Linear elastic E = 80 kPa, υ = 0.45
Medial layer Hyper-elastic, Neo-Hookean G = 200 kPa, K = 2 MPa
Atherosclerotic plaque Hyper-elastic, Neo-Hookean G = 20 kPa, K = 34 kPa