Research Article
Age Dependent Differences in Collagen Alignment of Glutaraldehyde Fixed Bovine Pericardium
Table 1
Mechanical properties of adult and neonatal glutaraldehyde fixed bovine pericardium.
| Test | Adult ()† | Neonatal ()† | |
| Small strain (<0.2) elastic modulus (MPa) | 4.8 (2.0) | 71.9 (11.6) | <0.0001 | Large strain (>0.2) elastic modulus (MPa) | 33.5 (3.2) | 83.7 (10.6) | <0.0001 | Ultimate tensile strength (MPa) | 19.1 (2.2) | 32.9 (4.1) | 0.0050 | Strain at failure | 0.80 (0.06) | 0.48 (0.03) | 0.0002 |
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Standard error () and from two-tailed -test comparison of adult and neonatal pericardium.
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