Huda Asfour
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Recent Articles
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Muselimyan N, Jishi M, Asfour H, Swift L, Sarvazyan N
Cardiovasc Eng Technol
. 2017 Sep;
8(4):505-514.
PMID: 28884368
The purpose of this study was to evaluate structural and optical properties of atrial tissue from common animal models and to compare it with human atria. We aimed to do...
12.
Li Y, Asfour H, Bursac N
Acta Biomater
. 2017 Apr;
55:120-130.
PMID: 28455218
Statement Of Significance: Previous studies have shown that cardiomyocytes and fibroblasts in the heart interact through direct contacts, paracrine factors, and matrix-mediated crosstalk. However, whether cardiac fibroblasts of different ages...
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Muselimyan N, Swift L, Asfour H, Chahbazian T, Mazhari R, Mercader M, et al.
PLoS One
. 2016 Dec;
11(12):e0167760.
PMID: 27930718
Background: Currently, there are limited means for high-resolution monitoring of tissue injury during radiofrequency ablation procedures. Objective: To develop the next generation of visualization catheters that can reveal irreversible atrial...
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Gil D, Swift L, Asfour H, Muselimyan N, Mercader M, Sarvazyan N
J Biophotonics
. 2016 Aug;
10(8):1008-1017.
PMID: 27545317
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a widely used treatment for atrial fibrillation, the most common cardiac arrhythmia. Here, we explore autofluorescence hyperspectral imaging (aHSI) as a method to visualize RFA lesions...
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Wang L, Liu Z, Yin C, Asfour H, Chen O, Li Y, et al.
Circ Res
. 2014 Nov;
116(2):237-44.
PMID: 25416133
Rationale: Generation of induced cardiac myocytes (iCMs) directly from fibroblasts offers great opportunities for cardiac disease modeling and cardiac regeneration. A major challenge of iCM generation is the low conversion...
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Posnack N, Jaimes 3rd R, Asfour H, Swift L, Wengrowski A, Sarvazyan N, et al.
Environ Health Perspect
. 2014 Feb;
122(4):384-90.
PMID: 24487307
Background: Bisphenol A (BPA) is used to produce polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins that are widely used in everyday products, such as food and beverage containers, toys, and medical devices....
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Swift L, Asfour H, Posnack N, Arutunyan A, Kay M, Sarvazyan N
Pflugers Arch
. 2012 Sep;
464(5):503-12.
PMID: 22990759
Blebbistatin is a recently discovered myosin II inhibitor. It is rapidly becoming a compound of choice to reduce motion artifacts during cardiac optical mapping, as well as to study cell...
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Asfour H, Wengrowski A, Jaimes 3rd R, Swift L, Kay M
J Vis Exp
. 2012 Aug;
(65).
PMID: 22872126
Since its inception by Langendorff(1), the isolated perfused heart remains a prominent tool for studying cardiac physiology(2). However, it is not well-suited for studies of cardiac metabolism, which require the...
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Mercader M, Swift L, Sood S, Asfour H, Kay M, Sarvazyan N
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol
. 2012 Mar;
302(10):H2131-8.
PMID: 22408016
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) aims to produce lesions that interrupt reentrant circuits or block the spread of electrical activation from sites of abnormal activity. Today, there are limited means for real-time...
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Asfour H, Swift L, Sarvazyan N, Doroslovacki M, Kay M
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc
. 2012 Jan;
2011:227-30.
PMID: 22254291
Fluorescence imaging of transmembrane voltage-sensitive dyes is used to study electrical activation in cardiac tissue. However, fluorescence signals typically have a low signal to noise ratio that can be contaminated...