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

• Main Authors: Saravanan, Sekaran, Sareen, Niketa, Abu-El-Rub, Ejlal, Ashour, Hend, Sequiera, Glen Lester, Ammar, Hania I., Gopinath, Venkatraman, Shamaa, Ashraf Ali, Sayed, Safinaz Salah Eldin, Moudgil, Meenal, Vadivelu, Jamuna, Dhingra, Sanjiv
• Format: Article
• Published: Nature Research 2018
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/20767/; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33144-0

Abnormal conduction and improper electrical impulse propagation are common in heart after myocardial infarction (MI). The scar tissue is non-conductive therefore the electrical communication between adjacent cardiomyocytes is disrupted. In the current study, we synthesized and characterized a conduc...