$\mathit{\sigma }$	total vertical stress within the ventricle wall
$\overline{\mathit{\sigma }}$	vertical stress adsorbed by the muscular fibers within the ventricle wall
$\mathit{p}$	blood transmural pressure
$\mathbf{U}$	Darcy flow rate vector
$\mathit{K}$	hydraulic conductivity
$\mathit{\gamma }$	blood specific weight
$\mathit{r}$	radial coordinate
$\mathit{\theta }$	angular coordinate
$\mathit{z}$	vertical coordinate
${\mathit{S}}_{\mathit{s}}$	specific storage
$\mathit{t}$	time
$\tilde{\mathit{q}}$	volume of blood leaving the arterial network per unit time and unit ventricle volume
$\mathit{\omega }$	ventricle/porous medium porosity
${\mathit{\epsilon }}_{\mathit{s}}$	coefficient of elasticity of the muscular component
$\mathit{\epsilon }$	bulk coefficient of elasticity
${\mathit{\beta }}_{\mathit{f}}$	blood coefficient of compressibility
${\mathit{d}}_{\mathit{v}}$	pore/vessel average diameter
${\mathit{p}}_{\mathit{H}}$	healthy transmural pressure that exceeds capillary pressure
${\mathit{p}}_{\mathit{c}}$	capillary pressure
$\mathit{s}$	ventricle wall thickness
${\mathit{q}}_{\mathit{H}}$	healthy amplitude of pulsatile flow rate
${\mathit{q}}_{\mathit{0}\mathit{H}}$	healthy mid diastole/mid systole flow rate
${\mathit{T}}_{\mathit{H}}$	healthy cardiac cycle period
${\mathit{q}}_{\mathit{s}}$	stenotic amplitude of pulsatile flow rate
${\mathit{q}}_{\mathit{0}}$	stenotic mid diastole/mid systole flow rate
${\Theta }_{\mathit{s}}$	angle subtended by the stenotic ventricle sector
$\mathit{\xi }$	coefficient of reduction of flow rate in stenotic conditions
$\mathit{T}$	stenotic cardiac cycle period
$TPR$	transmural perfusion ratio
$\mathit{s}\mathit{t}\mathit{e}\mathit{n}$	percentage of stenosis
$\mathit{e}\mathit{r}\mathit{r}$	relative error in the assessment of TPR
${\mathit{U}}_{\mathit{r}}$	radial component of Darcy velocity
${\mathit{U}}_{\mathit{\theta }}$	angular component of Darcy velocity
$\mathit{U}$	magnitude of Darcy velocity
${\mathit{U}}_{\mathit{H}}$	healthy magnitude of Darcy velocity
$U_{\mathit{m}\mathit{a}\mathit{x}\mathit{H}}$	maximum healthy magnitude of Darcy velocity