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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 May 5;104(3):932–939. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.01.112

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Myocardial fibrosis determined by hydroxyproline assay: (A) Total amount of collagen is significantly increased in untreated hypertrophied hearts compared to VEGF-treated and control hearts (n=7/group; *p<0.05). (B) Soluble collagen is significantly increased in untreated hypertrophied hearts compared to VEGF-treated and control hearts (n=7/group; *p<0.05). (C) Cross-linked collagen is significantly increased in untreated hypertrophied hearts compared to VEGF-treated and control hearts (n=7/group; *p<0.05).