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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Dec 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Vis Exp. 2022 May 2;(183):10.3791/61277. doi: 10.3791/61277

Figure 4.

Figure 4.

Step-by-step protocol for en face aorta preparation. (A-B) The arterial tree stained with Oil Red O was opened longitudinally in order to flatten the aorta for imaging. Dotted lines along the vessel wall and numbers indicate sequential cuts to be made to open up the vessels. (C) Longitudinally split and pinned whole aorta on a wax petri dish in Y shape.