Fig. 1.

Echocardiography and histological imaging of hearts and aortas. 1–7: Examples of LV echocardiography in different animal groups. 8 and 9: Cross-sectional aortic area. 10 and 11: Imaging on myocardial infarction with aortic banding and debanding. Ab-4m, aortic banding for 4 mo; Ab + DeAb, Ab for 3 mo followed by aortic debanding for 1 mo; I/R-2m, 30 min ischemia and 2 mo reperfusion; MI-2m, permanent left anterior descending artery ligation for 2 mo; Ab + I/R, aortic banding for 2 mo followed by I/R for 2 mo; Ab + I/R + DaAb, aortic banding for 2 mo plus 30 min of I/R for 1 mo followed by aortic debanding for 1 mo.