Basic mechanisms of cardiac impulse propagation and associated arrhythmias

AG Kléber, Y Rudy - Physiological reviews, 2004 - journals.physiology.org
Kléber, André G., and Yoram Rudy. Basic Mechanisms of Cardiac Impulse Propagation and
Associated Arrhythmias. Physiol Rev 84: 431–488, 2004; 10.1152/physrev. 00025.2003 …

Cellular and engineered organoids for cardiovascular models

D Thomas, S Choi, C Alamana, KK Parker… - Circulation …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
An ensemble of in vitro cardiac tissue models has been developed over the past several
decades to aid our understanding of complex cardiovascular disorders using a reductionist …

Ionic mechanisms of propagation in cardiac tissue: roles of the sodium and L-type calcium currents during reduced excitability and decreased gap junction coupling

RM Shaw, Y Rudy - Circulation research, 1997 - Am Heart Assoc
In cardiac tissue, reduced membrane excitability and reduced gap junction coupling both
slow conduction velocity of the action potential. However, the ionic mechanisms of slow …

Electrospun fine-textured scaffolds for heart tissue constructs

X Zong, H Bien, CY Chung, L Yin, D Fang, BS Hsiao… - Biomaterials, 2005 - Elsevier
The structural and functional effects of fine-textured matrices with sub-micron features on the
growth of cardiac myocytes were examined. Electrospinning was used to fabricate …

Cardiomyocyte cultures with controlled macroscopic anisotropy: a model for functional electrophysiological studies of cardiac muscle

N Bursac, KK Parker, S Iravanian, L Tung - Circulation research, 2002 - Am Heart Assoc
Structural and functional cardiac anisotropy varies with the development, location, and
pathophysiology in the heart. The goal of this study was to design a cell culture model …

Electrophysiological effects of remodeling cardiac gap junctions and cell size: experimental and model studies of normal cardiac growth

MS Spach, JF Heidlage, PC Dolber, RC Barr - Circulation research, 2000 - Am Heart Assoc
The increased incidence of arrhythmias in structural heart disease is accompanied by
remodeling of the cellular distribution of gap junctions to a diffuse pattern like that of …

Simultaneous voltage and calcium mapping of genetically purified human induced pluripotent stem cell–derived cardiac myocyte monolayers

P Lee, M Klos, C Bollensdorff, L Hou, P Ewart… - Circulation …, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Human induced pluripotent stem cell–derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs) offer a
powerful in vitro tool to investigate disease mechanisms and to perform patient-specific drug …

Flexible electrical recording from cells using nanowire transistor arrays

T Cohen-Karni, BP Timko, LE Weiss… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Semiconductor nanowires (NWs) have unique electronic properties and sizes comparable
with biological structures involved in cellular communication, thus making them promising …

Fibrous scaffolds for building hearts and heart parts

AK Capulli, LA MacQueen, SP Sheehy… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2016 - Elsevier
Extracellular matrix (ECM) structure and biochemistry provide cell-instructive cues that
promote and regulate tissue growth, function, and repair. From a structural perspective, the …

Electrospun nanofibers as a tool for architecture control in engineered cardiac tissue

Y Orlova, N Magome, L Liu, Y Chen, K Agladze - Biomaterials, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper presents an in vitro system for cardiac tissue engineering based on
cardiomyocytes cultured on electrospun polymethylglutarimide (PMGI) nanofibrous meshes …