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From: Graphene Oxide-Gold Nanosheets Containing Chitosan Scaffold Improves Ventricular Contractility and Function After Implantation into Infarcted Heart

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Implantation of conductive polymeric scaffold significantly improved the cardiac function in infarcted heart: Cardiac function were assessed by echocardiography at baseline, 1 week and 5 weeks (after scaffold implantation). (A) Graphical representation of MI model and time points for scaffold implantation. (B) Representative M-mode images of different groups. (C) Left ventricular internal dimension in diastole (LVIDD). (D) Left ventricular internal dimension in systole (LVIDS). (E) Percent fractional shortening (%FS). (F) Percent ejection fraction (%EF). Arrow in the x-axis indicates the time of scaffold implantation. *P < 0.05 compared to control group (MI group without scaffold). (n = 5). Data is expressed as mean ± SD.

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