Microstructural Dynamics of the Myocardium: Orientation of the Muscle Fibers and Occurrence of Cardiomyopathies

<div>Stress variation versus the elongation in the direction of the fibers (a) and in the direction of the collagen sheets (b) for various orientation angles of the MFs.</div>

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Figure 5: Microstructural Dynamics of the Myocardium: Orientation of the Muscle Fibers and Occurrence of Cardiomyopathies 