Optical mapping of Ca2+-sensitive fluorescence probes has become an extremely useful approach and adopted by many cardiovascular research laboratories to study a spectrum of …
Global ischemia, catecholamine surge, and rapid heart rhythm (RHR) due to ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation (VF) are the three major factors of sudden cardiac arrest …
A prominent theory of cell death in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) posits that the primary and pivotal step of irreversible cell injury is the opening of the mitochondrial …
Cardiac biophysics rests on three fundamental pillars: energy production, electrical excitation, and mechanical work. Studies of cardiac metabolism, bioelectricity, and …
Abstract According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular diseases are the cause of the 31% of deaths in the world. A better understanding of the cardiac microstructure and …