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. 2022 Oct 28;15(11):e011131. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.122.011131

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Effects of low- and intermediate-voltage pulsed electric fields on left ventricular myocyte shortening and intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) at 1 minute after application. Representative sarcomere lengths and [Ca2+]i traces obtained from an isolated left ventricular myocytes during baseline (control [Ctrl]) 1 Hz pacing and 1 minute after (T0+1 minute) a 100 µs electric pulse (EP) delivered at low- (80 V; A) and intermediate-voltage (140 V; B). Sarcomere shortening, expressed as a percentage of the resting sarcomere length (%RSL) was increased 1 minute after EP with a low- and an intermediate-voltage pulses (C). Ca2+ transient (CaTr) amplitudes (D) and diastolic Ca2+ levels (E) expressed in 340:380 ratio units (r.u.), were increased 1 minute after EP with an intermediate but not with a low-voltage pulse. Data are represented as mean±SE of the mean with individual values for each cell. N indicates number of animals; n, number of cells; and ns, not significant. Paired t test: ns, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001.