Calculation of the Parameters of Mechanical Properties of the Heart Muscle.

A review of studies of the mechanical properties of human and animal heart tissues has been performed. On the basis of published data, a form of approximating function is found for the dependence of Young's modulus of the ventricles of the human heart on the magnitude of the deformation. The average values of Young's modulus and other elastic constants were calculated and compared with the known experimental values. The coefficients C₁ and C₂ of the two-parameter hyperelastic myocardial Mooney–Rivlin model are calculated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]