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tension or stress on the cardiac ventricular walls is proportional to the intraventricular pressure and internal radius and inversely proportional to the wall thickness; for a sphere it is most simply expressed as: average circumferential wall stress = (pressure × radius of curvature of the wall) ÷ (2 × wall thickness); more complex equations describe ellipsoidal or other shapes.
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| Laplace's law |
see under law.
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| Laplace, law of |
[Pierre-Simon Laplace, Fr. scientist, 1749?1827] A law stating that pressure within a tube is inversely proportional to the radius. The larger the diameter of a tubular structure, the less chance that it will rupture when subjec
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