Unit Assignment 1 As an expert, I do not recommend monitoring the new compound that has been shown to influence stiffness of the heart. The reason being is that monitoring this new compound indicates that we have reason to believe that stiffer or thinner heart tissue will be some sort of benefit to the athletes competing in the upcoming Olympics. As a matter of fact, having a heart with stiffer or thinner cardiac tissue may even be a disadvantage to the athletes, tissue that is far to stiff or not stiff enough may inhibit the heart from functioning properly. If a heart is far to stiff the heart must work harder to be able to produce enough force to properly pump blood, if the tissue is to thin the heart expands and does not properly fill with
