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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 26.
Published in final edited form as: Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2015 May 7;14(6):1281–1302. doi: 10.1007/s10237-015-0674-0

Table 1.

Characterized in vitro material parameters associated with the constitutive models of the ovine MV leaflets and chordae tendineae

Constitutive model of MV leaflets based on Eqs. (5)(7) μm (kPa) c0 (kPa) c1 σ (deg.) Eub
MV anterior leaflet 10.11 0.0485 24.26 22.94 0.55
MV posterior leaflet 10.43 0.0695 19.94 19.32 0.75

Constitutive model of MV chordae tendineae based on Eq. (8) C10 (kPa) C01
Marginal chordae 0.038 15.73
Basal and intermediary chordae 0.249 11.65