Electromechanical integration of cardiomyocytes derived from human embryonic stem cells

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1282-1289

  Kehat, Izhak ^a,c   Khimovich, Leonid ^a   Caspi, Oren ^a   Gepstein, Amira ^a   Shofti, Rona ^a   Arbel, Gil ^a   Huber, Irit ^a   Satin, Jonathan ^d   Itskovitz Eldor, Joseph ^c   Gepstein, Lior ^a,b,c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Rappaport Family Institute   (Israel)

^c RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOMYOCYTES; CELL GRAFTING; ELECTROMECHANICAL INTEGRATION; HUMAN CARDIAC TISSUE;

CELLS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; HISTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TISSUE;

CARDIOLOGY;

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CELL ISOLATION; CELL REGENERATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUSCLE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 5044221669     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1014     Document Type: Article

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