Inflammation in the AAR of myocardium 24 h after coronary ligation and treatment with rhEPO or HBP. Left, representative examples of H&E stained section of myocardium. Right, combined number of neutrophils and microphages in ten randomly selected fields of vision. The number of animals per group: Control, n = 8; rhEPO, n = 8; HBP, n = 9. *P < 0.05 versus control (Bonferroni correction).