Assessment of ultrastructural changes in the contractile apparatus of cardiomyocytes after heart contusion
Novoselov, V.P.; Savchenko, S.V.; Koshliak, D.A.; Voronkovskaia, M.V.; Stepanishchev, I.V.
Sudebno-Meditsinskaia Ekspertiza 53(2): 13-15
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0039-4521 PMID: 20560503 Document Number: 639194
Experimental simulation of heart contusion accompanied by acute insufficiency of myocardial contractility was followed by examination of myocardial tissue samples using transmission electron microscopy. Analysis of microstructural changes in cardiomyocytes revealed characteristic defects in their contractile apparatus. The results were used to substantiate mechanisms underlying acute insufficiency of myocardial contractility resulting from heart contusion.