2023
Improvement in cardiac function and regional LV strain following intramyocardial injection of a theranostic hydrogel early postmyocardial infarction in a porcine model
Avendaño R, Midgett D, Melvinsdottir I, Thorn S, Uman S, Pickell Z, Lee S, Liu Z, Mamarian M, Duncan J, Spinale F, Burdick J, Sinusas A. Improvement in cardiac function and regional LV strain following intramyocardial injection of a theranostic hydrogel early postmyocardial infarction in a porcine model. Journal Of Applied Physiology 2023, 135: 405-420. PMID: 37318987, PMCID: PMC10538987, DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00342.2022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyocardial infarctionIntramyocardial deliveryLV hemodynamicsControl groupFunctional indexEarly post-myocardial infarctionSystolic functional indicesMyocardial performance indexAnterolateral myocardial infarctionLeft anterior descendingPressure-volume loop areaLeft ventricular remodelingGlobal LV functionLV functional changesPost-myocardial infarctionSupply/demand ratioRegional LV strainHydrogel groupTei indexEjection fractionHeart failureAnterior descendingCircumflex arteryLV functionAortic pressure
2022
CineCT platform for in vivo and ex vivo measurement of 3D high resolution Lagrangian strains in the left ventricle following myocardial infarction and intramyocardial delivery of theranostic hydrogel
Midgett D, Thorn S, Ahn S, Uman S, Avendano R, Melvinsdottir I, Lysyy T, Kim J, Duncan J, Humphrey J, Papademetris X, Burdick J, Sinusas A. CineCT platform for in vivo and ex vivo measurement of 3D high resolution Lagrangian strains in the left ventricle following myocardial infarction and intramyocardial delivery of theranostic hydrogel. Journal Of Molecular And Cellular Cardiology 2022, 166: 74-90. PMID: 35227737, PMCID: PMC9035115, DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2022.02.004.Peer-Reviewed Original Research