Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

Synthetic recovery of impulse propagation in myocardial infarction via silicon carbide semiconductive nanowires

  • Paola Lagonegro,
  • Stefano Rossi,
  • Nicolò Salvarani,
  • Francesco Paolo Lo Muzio,
  • Giacomo Rozzi,
  • Jessica Modica,
  • Franca Bigi,
  • Martina Quaretti,
  • Giancarlo Salviati,
  • Silvana Pinelli,
  • Rossella Alinovi,
  • Daniele Catalucci,
  • Francesca D’Autilia,
  • Ferdinando Gazza,
  • Gianluigi Condorelli,
  • Francesca Rossi,
  • Michele Miragoli

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27637-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Silicon-based materials have the ability to support bioelectrical activity. Here the authors show how injectable silicon carbide nanowires reduce arrhythmias and rapidly restore conduction in a myocardial infarction model.