Table 2.
Demonstrating the percentages scoring system of Cardiac histopathological & ultrastructural features of all groups of rats.
| No | Cardiac Structures | Percentages |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control group | CMN group | DOX group | DOX plus CMN group | |||
| 1 | Histopathological Analysis | Muscle fibers | 0–1 % | 1–2 % | 24–27 % | 1–4 % |
| Branching cardiac fibers | 0–1 % | 2–3 % | 35–40 % | 2–3% | ||
| Connective tissues | 0–1 % | 0–2 % | 55–58 % | 1–2 % | ||
| Central nuclei | 0–1 % | 0–1 % | 25–28 % | 2–3 % | ||
| Cross striations | 0–1 % | 1–2 % | 35–41 % | 2–3 % | ||
| 2 | Ultrastructural Analysis | Intercalated discs | 0–1 % | 1–2 % | 35–40 % | 1–4 % |
|
0–1 % | 1–2 % | 24–27 % | 1–5% | ||
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0–1 % | 1–2 % | 11–18 % | 1–7 % | ||
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0–1 % | 1–2 % | 35–40 % | 2–3 % | ||
| Cardiomyocytes | 0–1 % | 1–2 % | 44–58 % | 1–2 % | ||
| Myofibrils | 0–1 % | 1–2 % | 55–58 % | 1–4 % | ||
| Z and H bands | 0–1 % | 1–2 % | 50–61 % | 0–1 % | ||
| Mitochondria | 0–1 % | 1–2 % | 45–50 % | 1–2 % | ||
| Blood capillaries | 0–1 % | 1–2 % | 25–28 % | 1–4 % | ||
| Interstitial area | 0–1 % | 1–2 % | 46–57 % | 2–3 % | ||
| Collagen fibers | 0–1 % | 1–2 % | 54–66 % | 2–3 % | ||