Finite Element Modeling of Cardiac Tissue Megan McCain ES240 - Solid Mechanics Final Project December…

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Motivation Stretching isotropic monolayers of cardiac tissue shows a remodeling of gap junctions Relate stresses to changes in protein expression Zhuang J, KA Yamada, JE Saffitz, AG Kleber. Pulsatile Stretch Remodels Cell-to-Cell Communication in Cultures Myocytes. Circulation Research. 2000;87:316.