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

Figure 5

Kinetic energy: the spheroidal syncytia showed minimum kinetic energy at 200 mmHg (without statistically significant differences in comparison with the adjacent values at 100 and 300 mmHg []); the flat syncytia were characterized by maximum kinetic energy at 100 mmHg (with statistically significant differences in comparison with the adjacent values at 0 and 200 mmHg []). At all pressures, the kinetic energy of spheroidal syncytia was significantly higher than the kinetic energy of flat syncytia ().