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Experimental Models of Cardiovascular Diseases - Overview -.- An Introduction to Computational Modeling of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmogenicity.- Isolation of Atrial and Ventricular Cardiomyocytes for In Vitro Studies.- Cardiomyocyte Differentiation from mouse Embryonic Stem Cells.- Cardiomyocyte Differentiation from Human Embryonic Stem Cells.- Induction of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Cardiomyocytes using Embryoid Bodies.- Measuring Cardiomyocyte Contractility and Calcium Handling In Vitro.- Langendorff Perfusion Method as an Ex Vivo Model to Evaluate Heart Function in Rats.- Methods for the Preparation of an Excised, Cross-circulated Rat Heart.- Optical Action Potential Mapping in Acute Models of Ischemia-reperfusion Injury: Probing the Arrhythmogenic Role of the Mitochondrial Translocator Protein.- Cardiac Tissue Engineering Models of Inherited and Acquired Cardiomyopathies.- Badimon Perfusion Chamber: An Ex Vivo Model of Thrombosis.- Ischemic Model of Heart Failure in Rats and Mice.- Conventional Method of Transverse Aortic Constriction in Mice.- Characterization of the Differential Progression of Left Ventricular Remodeling in a Rat Model of Pressure Overload Induced Heart Failure. Does Clip Size Matter?.- Isoproterenol-induced Heart Failure Mouse Model Using Osmotic Pump Implantation.- Rat model of Cardiotoxic Drug Induced Cardiomyopathy.- Pulmonary Artery Hypertension Model in Rats by Monocrotaline Administration.- The Sugen 5416/Hypoxia Mouse Model of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.- Mouse Model of Wire Injury-Induced Vascular Remodeling.- The Mouse Aortocaval Fistula Model with Intraluminal Drug Delivery.- A Pig Model Of Myocardial Infarction: Catheter Based Approaches.- Ovine Model of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation.- Canine Model of Pacing-induced Heart Failure.- Swine Model of Mitral Regurgitation Induced Heart Failure.- Pig Model of Increased Cardiac Afterload Induced by Ascending Aortic Banding.- Large Porcine Model of Profound Acute Ischemic Cardiogenic Shock.- Chronic Pulmonary Artery Embolization Models in Large Animals.- Modeling Pulmonary Hypertension: A Pig Model Of Post-capillary Pulmonary HypertensionDevelopment and Multiparametric Evaluation of Experimental Atherosclerosis in Rabbits.