. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: Ann Biomed Eng. 2015 Jan 29;43(7):1600–1613. doi: 10.1007/s10439-015-1256-0

TABLE 2.

Comparison of model-predicted measures of global function (volumes, changes in volume, fractional measures) in the normal left atrium to in vivo averages reported in Moyer et al.²⁷.

Metric	Simulation	Measured	Error (%)
V_max (mL)	66	71±18	7
V_min (mL)	27	29±11	7
V_preA (mL)	39	44±12	11

ΔV_t (mL)	39	42±11	7
ΔV_p (mL)	27	27±8	<1
ΔV_a (mL)	12	15±6	20

EF_t (%)	59	60±9	2
EF_p (%)	41	38±7	8
EF_a (%)	31	34±12	9

V_p/t (%)	69	65±10	6
V_a/t (%)	31	35±10	11

Abbreviations: V_max - volume maximum volume, V_min - minimum, V_preA – volume just before the onset of active emptying, ΔV_t – total change in volume, ΔV_p – change in volume during passive emptying, ΔV_a – change in volume during active emptying, EF_t - total emptying fraction, EF_a - active emptying fraction, EF_p - passive emptying fraction, V_p/t - active emptying as a fraction of total, V_a/t - active emptying as a fraction of total.