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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Long Term Eff Med Implants. 2015;25(1-2):41–53. doi: 10.1615/jlongtermeffmedimplants.2015011741

TABLE 1:

EI values (flexural rigidity) at curvature of 0.025 mm−1, 0.05 mm−1, and 0.075 mm−1 for the four types of valve leaflets. Data was shown as average ± standard error.

Curvature (mm) Mitral Valve Leaflet
EI (mN*mm2)		 Tricuspid Valve Leaflet
El (mN*mm2)		 Aortic Valve Leaflet
El (mN*mm2)		 Pulmonary Valve Leaflet
El (mN*mm2)
Circumferential Radial Circumferential Radial Circumferential Radial Circumferential Radial
AC wc AC WC AC WC AC WC AC WC AC WC AC WC AC WC
0.025 15.611 ± 3.385 6.994 ± 1.447 15.263 ± 6.841 5.60 ± 1.701 11.184 ± 3.459 5.907 ± 2.179 8.135 ± 2.751 3.442 ± 1.209 5.835 ± 0.449 4.379 ± 1.33 6.293 ± 2.255 1.217 ± 0.401 3.05 ± 0.535 2.234 ± 1.093 2.986 ± 0.425 1.093 ± 0.354
0.05 12.960 ± 2.977 5.843 ± 1.228 10.843 ± 3.623 4.852 ± 1.55 9.819 ± 3.302 6.374 ± 2.808 7.27 ± 2.307 2.713 ± 0.675 5.277 ± 0.681 3.446 ± 0.956 5.286 ± 1.867 1.189 ± 0.185 2.737 ± 0.476 1.772 ± 0.829 2.515 ± 0.316 0.841 ± 0.262
0.075 5.752 ± 0.307 5.199 ± 1.126 6.695 ± 0.967 3.219 ± 0.993 6.219 ± 1.524 3.568 ± 1.435 6.934 ± 2.236 2.393 ± 0.561 5.162 ± 0.554 2.911 ± 0.833 3.148 ± 0.382 1.303 ± 0.211 2.283 ± 0.367 1.333± 0.754 2.23 ± 0.207 0.763 ± 0.219