title: Contractility and membrane potential of cryopreserved auricle fragments from rat hearts after pretreatment with selenium.
abstract: Both contractility and membrane potential are suitable as viability assays of cryopreservation from rat heart muscle tissue. A pretreatment of donor animals with sodium selenite improves the survival of cryopreserved auricle fragments measured by contractility and membrane potential.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005615:Freezing; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D051381:Rats; D012643:Selenium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014021:Tissue Preservation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D012643:Selenium