Figure 1.

Characterization of heart failure/ischaemic cardiomyopathy model. (A) Representative triphenyltetrazolium chloride-stained slices of the heart of a sham animal and an infarcted animal 4 days after sham/myocardial infarction procedure. (B) Quantification of the infarct size 4 days post-myocardial infarction (n = 3 animals, mean ± SEM). (C) Quantification of high-sensitive troponin T serum levels for 4 consecutive days post-myocardial infarction (n = 3 animals/group). There was significant interaction between group and time (P = 0.014), indicating a different course of high-sensitive troponin T over time between myocardial infarction and sham group.