Modulation of the Cardiomyocyte Contraction inside a Hydrostatic Pressure Bioreactor: In Vitro Verification of the Frank-Starling Law

Figure 2

Cellular layers in beating syncytia. We observed particularly thick multilayers with “spheroidal” shape ((a) and (b), with bars equal to 50 μm and to 1 mm, resp.) and “flat” multilayers ((c) and (d), with bars equal to 50 μm and to 1 mm, resp.).

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