At the sarcomere level, the lateral mechanical strength of cardiac myofibrils is significantly greater than that of skeletal myofibrils, likely due to differences in Z-band structure and connectin networks.
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Greater cardiac myofibril stiffness cautions against skeletal extrapolations; leaves open Z-band roles in human myocardial mechanics.
Akiyama et al. (2006) studied this question.
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