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Table 3 Transverse velocity (θtr) versus longitudinal velocity (θlo).

From: Transverse propagation of action potentials between parallel chains of cardiac muscle and smooth muscle cells in PSpice simulations

 

cm/sec

 

θtr

θlo

θlotr

A. Cardiac Muscle

1.56

1.62

33

20.4

B. Smooth Muscle

0.16

0.19

10

52.6

A/B Ratio (CMC/SMC)

9.75

8.53

3.3

0.39

  1. Assumed cell length and diameter: 150 μm by 16 μm (cardiac muscle) and 200 μm by 5 μm (smooth muscle). Thus, the ratio of cell diameters (CMC/SMC) was 0.31. θtr: The first value is with stimulations of single cell (A1 for CMC and E1 for SMC). The second value is with stimulations of the entire chain (A-Chain for CMC and E-Chain for SMC) θlotr: That ratio was calculated using θtr with stimulation of entire chain.