Oscillating Mitochondria in Cardiac Cells Following Heart Attack (VIDEO)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

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The 'heart attack in a dish' experiment reveals that the mitochondria -- or cellular powerhouses -- of heart muscle cells flicker and oscillate following heart attack and disrupt the heart's entire electrical system.

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Elsevier; Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

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