Only cardiac muscle tissue, comprising cells called myocytes, is present in the heart. In this article, we discuss the structure and function of cardiac muscle tissue. We also cover medical ...

A variety of preclinical and clinical studies using different cell types have demonstrated variable degrees of improvement in cardiac function in models of acute myocardial infarction (MI ...

Members of Theme Six are developing stem cell and cellular reprogramming strategies to treat cardiovascular diseases such as infarction in situ. The goal is to use viral vectors to induce ...