The Cardiac Tubular Network (IMAGE)

American Institute of Physics

The Cardiac Tubular Network

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This is confocal image of a control rat cardiomyocyte with edge-enhancement. It shows the very complex network of membrane invaginations in cardiac cells, that allows synchronous contraction. Following infarction, cardiac cells undergo a disruption of this system, thus compromising cardiac function.

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C.Crocini/U.Florence

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