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Engineered cardiac tissues for in vitro assessment of contractile function and repair mechanisms.

  • Do Eun Kim
  • , Eun Jung Lee
  • , Timothy P. Martens
  • , Rina Kara
  • , Hina W. Chaudhry
  • , Silviu Itescu
  • , Kevin D. Costa

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Abstract

For efficiently assessing the potential for grafted cells to repair infarcted myocardium, a simplified surrogate heart muscle system would offer numerous advantages. Using neonatal rat cardiac myocytes in a collagen matrix, we created thin cylindrical engineered cardiac tissues (ECTs) that exhibit essential aspects of physiologic cardiac muscle function. Furthermore, a novel cryo-injured ECT model of myocardial infarction offers the potential for the longitudinal study of mechanisms of cell-based cardiac repair in vitro.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)849-852
Number of pages4
JournalConference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference
StatePublished - Dec 1 2006
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Signal Processing
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Health Informatics

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