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Published in final edited form as: J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2018 Jul 18;87:155–171. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2018.07.024

Table 7 –

The thickness and collagen fiber content obtained from the histology sections of porcine MV and TV leaflets. Valve leaflet layers include A: atrialis, S: spongiosa, F: fibrosa, and V: ventricularis. All quantities except for collagen content (generated from image analysis) are presented as mean ± SEM with 3 repeated measurements.

		Mitral Valve		Tricuspid Valve
		MVAL	MVPL	TVAL	TVPL	TVSL
Thickness (μm)	A	43.74 ± 4.22	54.84 ± 7.07	54.11 ± 5.32	50.27 ± 5.16	74.29 ± 4.78
	S	135.21 ± 8.23	99.85 ± 6.93	108.53 ± 5.59	221.26 ± 7.40	260.31 ± 9.26
	F	477.82 ± 6.41	556.35 ± 11.72	250.77 ± 9.69	154.01 ± 10.95	149.21 ± 6.62
	V	121.14 ± 7.64	141.44 ± 15.18	35.93 ± 3.72	20.17 ± 2.78	20.82 ± 2.24
	Intact	777.92 ± 13.46	852.49 ± 7.00	449.33 ± 3.63	445.71 ± 7.51	504.62 ± 9.55
Collagen Content (%)		77.65	69.13	68.51	45.16	32.30