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Contractile properties of isolated porcine ventricular myocytes

DOI

36

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0

References

1993

Year

Francis G. Spinale, Rick Mukherjee, B.Martin Fulbright, Jian Hu, Fred A. Crawford, Michael R. Zile
Cardiovascular Research

Abstract

Isolated porcine left ventricular myocytes retain normal cytoarchitecture and composition, respond to field stimulation, and are responsive to extracellular Ca2+. Myocytes adherent to a basement membrane substrate were capable of contracting against this resistive load.