Cardiac muscle tissue engineering: Toward an in vitro model for electrophysiological studies

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 2 46-2, 1999, Pages

  Bursac, N ^a,b   Papadaki, M ^a   Cohen, R J ^a   Schoen, F J ^c   Eisenberg, S R ^b   Carrier, R ^a   Vunjak Novakovic, G ^a   Freed, L E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Impulse propagation; Myocyte; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; CELL PROTEIN; POLYMER; TETRAZOLIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOREACTOR; CELL METABOLISM; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032885135     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.277.2.h433     Document Type: Article

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