“…So far, a wide range of different cell sources have been utilized in engineering cardiac tissues. 6,9 For instance, primary cardiomyocytes, 3 8,67 and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) 3,8,9 have been used in efforts to regenerate the damaged myocardium. Because of the limited access to primary cardiomyocytes and their minimal capability for expansion in vitro, alternative cell sources were used as mentioned above.…”