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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Endocrinol. 2008 May 21;198(2):419–427. doi: 10.1677/JOE-08-0022

Table 4.

Collagen content determined by picrosirius red staining (fraction of total area) in left ventricle (LV), right ventricle (LV) and septum

LV RV Septum
Control 0.037 ± 0.005 0.039 ± 0.004 0.037 ± 0.006
Cortisol 0.050 ± 0.009 0.057 ± 0.009 0.052 ± 0.010
Cortisol+MR antagonist 0.049 ± 0.011 0.037 ± 0.007 0.043 ± 0.008
Cortisol+GR antagonist 0.060 ± 0.012 0.058 ± 0.013 0.059 ± 0.013

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM.