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Coomassie blue-stained gels showing α- and β-MHC protein expression and their corresponding densitometric analysis (A) and representative northern blots and densitometric quantification of mRNA abundance for α-MHC (B) and β-MHC (C) in sham, vehicle-treated (MI), sarpogre-late-treated (MI+SAR) and cilostazol-treated (MI+CIL) rats at 8 weeks after surgery. MI: myocardial infarction; MHC: myosin heavy chain. Values are means ± S.E.M. of 6–9 animals for each group. *P < 0.05 versus sham; #P < 0.05 versus MI.