Spontaneous & Synchronized Contraction of the Large, Human Cardiac-muscle Patch at 7 Days of Growth (VIDEO)

University of Alabama at Birmingham

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To prepare large, human cardiac-muscle patches for transplantation to infarcted hearts, they were grown on a rocker for 7 days. At that time, the patches show spontaneous and synchronized contractions.

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