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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Surg. 2015 Feb 19;64(1):210–218. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2014.12.059

Figure 1. FCF does not impair contractility in porcine saphenous veins.

Figure 1

Segments of porcine saphenous veins (n=3–15) were either left untreated (Ctrl), marked with a surgical skin marker (SSM) or a solution of FCF (2.6 mM, in 5% propylene glycol and water) with a cotton swab in a longitudinal line and incubated in at room temperature in PlasmaLyte for 15min, or treated with 50% isopropanol (IPA) or 1% methlyene blue (MB) for 15 min treated Segments were then incubated, cut into rings, suspended in a muscle bath and treated with KCl (110 mM). Force generated was converted to stress. The error bars show the standard deviation. *P< 0.05 in paired t-tests.