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The mature heart is composed by different cell types, including contractile cardiac cells, vascular cells, smooth muscle cells as well as pacemaker cells. During embryonic development as well as during embryonic stem cell differentiation, the different cardiovascular cell types arise from the differentiation of multipotent cardiovascular progenitors. The mechanism that promotes multipotent cardiovascular progenitor specification from undifferentiated mesoderm cell remains largely unknown.

Inappropriate sinus tachycardia (IST) is a condition in which an individual?s resting heart rate is abnormally high (greater than 100 beats per minute), their heart rate increases rapidly with minimal...