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Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nanosized particles harboring proteins, nucleic acids, and metabolites and are implicated in intercellular communication. Since cardiac development requires a complex interplay between several cell types, we hypothesize that EVs may mediate this communication. Here, we isolated EVs from hiPSC-derived cardiac organoids (cardEVs). LC-MS\/MS was performed to analyze their protein cargo and compare it with those from a cardiomyocyte cell line (AC10 CM EVs) and from human heart explants of cadaveric donors (heEVs) using a bioinformatic approach. cardEVs share 48.9% of their proteins with heEVs, with important biological processes such as \u201cMetabolism\u201d and \u201cCardiac Function\u201d highlighted in both proteomes. This overlap between the proteomes of cardEVs and heEVs suggests a molecular similarity between the two models. 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