Table 2 –
Preconditioning stretches ( and ) for each region of the MVAL and TVAL leaflets (c.f. Fig. 2 & Fig. 3). All values are reported as mean ± SEM.
Valve | Region | ||
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MVAL | A | 1.114 ± 0.029 | 1.085 ± 0.033 |
B | 1.036 ± 0.013 | 1.113 ± 0.031 | |
C | 1.073 ± 0.026 | 1.094 ± 0.029 | |
D | 1.087 ± 0.028 | 1.126 ± 0.030 | |
E | 1.048 ± 0.013 | 1.138 ± 0.036 | |
F | 1.080 ± 0.029 | 1.094 ± 0.027 | |
TVAL | A | 1.211 ± 0.064 | 1.239 ± 0.064 |
B | 1.158 ± 0.034 | 1.257 ± 0.074 | |
C | 1.193 ± 0.048 | 1.188 ± 0.057 | |
D | 1.170 ± 0.046 | 1.237 ± 0.078 | |
E | 1.114 ± 0.033 | 1.195 ± 0.064 | |
F | 1.093 ± 0.028 | 1.120 ± 0.053 |