Material stiffness parameters as potential predictors of presence of left ventricle myocardial infarction: 3D echo-based computational modeling study

Table 4 Comparison of quarter mean values of ventricle wall thickness, circumferential curvature, longitudinal curvature and mechanical stress/strain between Infarct and Non-Infarcted Groups

	Qts	WT (cm)	C-Cur (1/cm)	L-Cur (1/cm)	Stress (kPa)	Strain
	Beginning of ejection
Infarct Group (220 Qts)	Mean	0.4808	0.4860	0.4095	382.85	1.0172
Infarct Group (220 Qts)	Stdev	0.1605	0.2559	0.3326	110.68	0.1576
Non-Infarcted Group (220 Qts)	Mean	0.7031	0.6344	0.2684	347.77	1.0273
Non-Infarcted Group (220 Qts)	Stdev	0.1630	0.4720	0.1933	87.90	0.1285
	P value	8.09E−39	4.89E−05	8.84E−08	0.00026	0.4609
	Beginning of filling
Infarct Group (220 Qts)	Mean	0.5818	0.6072	0.4595	9.8522	0.4750
Infarct Group (220 Qts)	Stdev	0.1436	0.3137	0.3635	4.1702	0.1442
Non-Infarcted Group (220 Qts)	Mean	0.9147	0.9135	0.3195	3.4366	0.2101
Non-Infarcted Group (220 Qts)	Stdev	0.1393	0.6401	0.3027	0.7047	0.0375
	P value	6.56E−85	4.70E−10	1.42E−05	3.13E−75	1.73E−92

Qts quarters, WT wall thickness, C-Cur circumferential curvature, L-Cur longitudinal curvature, Stdev standard deviation

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