Assertion: cardiac muscle's muscle cell | /r/HasProperty | cardiomyocyte
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text: It is composed of individual heart muscle cells (cardiomyocytes) joined together by intercalated discs, encased by collagen fibers and other substances that form the extracellular matrix.
text: T-tubules are found in both atrial and ventricular cardiac muscle cells (cardiomyocytes), in which they develop in the first few weeks of life.
text: The researchers looked at cardiac muscle cells -- cardiomyocytes (CMs).
text: In contrast, contractile muscle cells (cardiomyocytes) constitute the majority of the heart muscle and are able to contract.
text: The researchers looked at cardiac muscle cells -- cardiomyocytes (CMs).
text: Within the mammalian heart, the distribution of connexin43 (Cx43)-containing gap junctions is essential to facilitating the coordinated spread of electrical activation throughout the cardiac muscle cells (cardiomyocytes) and allowing the heart to contract properly.
text: When the ischemic insult is severe enough to cause the loss of critical amounts of cardiac muscle cells (cardiomyocytes), this loss initiates a cascade of detrimental events, including formation of a non-contractile scar, ventricular wall thinning (see Figure 6.1), an overload of blood flow and pressure, ventricular remodeling (the overstretching of viable cardiac cells to sustain cardiac output), heart failure, and eventual death.4 Restoring damaged heart muscle tissue, through repair or regeneration, therefore represents a fundamental mechanistic strategy to treat heart failure.
text: However, the electrical signals increase the influx of calcium ions into the cardiac muscle cells (cardiomyocytes).