Electromechanical cardioplasty using a wrapped elasto-conductive epicardial mesh

• DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aad8568
• Publication Date: 2016-06-23T23:28:43Z
• Authors: Jinkyung Park; Suji Choi; Ajit H. Janardhan; Se-Yeon Lee; Samarth Raut; Joao Soares; Kwangsoo Shin; Shixuan Yang; Chungkeun Lee; Ki-Woon Kang; Hye Rim Cho; Seok Joo Kim; Pilseon Seo; Wonji Hyun; Sungmook Jung; Hye-Jeong Lee; Nohyun Lee; Seung Hong Choi; Michael Sacks; Nanshu Lu; Mark E. Josephson; Taeghwan Hyeon; Dae-Hyeong Kim; Hye Jin Hwang
• Keywords: Male; Heart Failure/physiopathology; Heart Ventricles; Myocardial Infarction; 610; Cardiomyopathies/surgery; Heart Ventricles/physiopathology; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Heart Conduction System; Heart Rate; Heart Ventricles/surgery; Animals; Myocardial Infarction/surgery; Myocardial Contraction/physiology; Heart Failure; Heart Conduction System/surgery*; Myocardial Infarction/physiopathology; Electric Conductivity; 600; Surgical Mesh; Myocardial Contraction; 3. Good health; Rats; Surgical Mesh*; Cardiomyopathies/physiopathology; Sprague-Dawley; Heart Failure/surgery; Cardiomyopathies; Heart Rate/physiology

A mesh made of a conductive nanowire composite can be wrapped around the heart to improve hemodynamics in experimental heart failure in rodents.