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Spring 2018 – Cardiac Adaptation to Wall Stress

Affiliations:
Project Leader: Wesley Fuertes
wfuertes@tamu.edu
Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology
Faculty Mentor: Randolph Stewart, Ph.D.
Meeting Times:
Thursday 4:00-5:30 PM; Friday 2:00 – 3:30 PM
Team Size:
4 (Team Full)
Open Spots: 0
Special Opportunities:
Potential to earn co-authorship, opportunity to present at research conferences such as Student Research Week, and potential letters of recommendation
Team Needs:
Experience is not required to join the project. We are looking for enthusiastic students that are able to think creatively, and who are curious about research.
Description:
The ability of investigators to relate indices of cardiac function to structure, mechanical properties, and adaptive processes of ventricles suffers from isolation of complementary fields of study. On one hand, the field of biomechanics has clarified how ventricular wall stress (WS) varies with changes in contractility and wall thickness (WT). On the other, the less-established field of mechanobiology has focused on how ventricular wall thickness and contractility vary with chronic alterations in ventricular wall stress. The purpose of the present work was to create a computational model that integrates biomechanics and mechanobiology to predict the adaptation behaviors of the heart and relate it to indicators of cardiac Function

Written by:
Jennie Lamb
Published on:
February 7, 2020

Categories: FullTags: Spring 2018

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