Fig. 2.
November 1998. Analysis of left ventricular myocardial biopsy specimens upon initial left ventricular assist device implantation. A) Photomicrograph shows moderate myocyte hypertrophy and interstitial fibrosis (picrosirius red stain, orig. ×10).
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B) Transmission electron microscopic image shows few sarcomeres or mitochondria, large amounts of unspecified cytoplasm, and dark spots that are presumably nuclear heterochromatin.