Figure 5. Signal Enhancement From Myocardial Ischemic Memory Imaging With Selectin-Targeted Microbubbles.
Data represent mean ± SEM video intensity. (A) Low-power imaging data in wild-type mice undergoing ischemia-reperfusion injury of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD). (B) Low-power control experiments, which include nonsurgical control animals, sham-operated animals at 3 and 6 h, and P-selectin–deficient (P−/−) mice undergoing LAD ischemia-reperfusion injury. (C) High-power imaging data in wild-type mice undergoing ischemia-reperfusion injury of the LAD. (D) High-power control experiments. *p < 0.05 versus remote territory; †p < 0.05 versus ischemic territory in P−/− mice. Abbreviations as in Figure 1.