Table 2.

Measured (via in vivo MRI) and simulated RV volumes. The measured diastolic and systolic values (respectively, RVED and RVES) were used to calculate animal-specific stiffness passive stiffness $c$, and active contraction $T_{\text{max}}$.

		RVED				RVES				RVEF
	Animal	MRI (μl)	Sim. (μl)	Diff. (%)	$c$ (kPa)	MRI (μl)	Sim. (μl)	Diff. (%)	$T_{\text{max}}$ (kPa)	MRI (-)	Sim. (-)
RV	A1	757	702	7.3	0.5	391	362	7.4	21	0.48	0.48
	A2	1012	1020	−0.8	2.7	609	648	0.2	54	0.36	0.36
	A3	1029	1030	−0.1	1.3	641	691	−1.5	42	0.34	0.33
Avg.	933 ± 152	917 ± 187	2.1 ± 4.5	1.5 ± 1.1	547 ± 136	567 ± 179	2.3 ± 8.4	39 ± 17	0.42 ± 0.06	0.39 ± 0.08
LV	A1	1299	1265	2.6	0.9	556	561	−0.9	18	0.57	0.56
	A2	1321	1217	7.9	0.6	713	659	7.6	17	0.46	0.46
	A3	1277	1247	2.3	0.8	701	679	3.1	19	0.45	0.46
Avg.	1299 ± 22	1243 ± 24	4.3 ± 3.1	0.8 ± 0.1	657 ± 87	633 ± 63	3.3 ± 4.2	18 ± 1.0	0.49 ± 0.07	0.49 ± 0.06

Note: Simulated values (Sim.) were obtained using nominal simulations. Averaged values (Avg.) appear as mean ± SD.