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Ex vivo pig heart (a) presenting a blood clot at the level of the right ventricle (b) and used as a model in this study. The pig heart was fixed in formalin, and sand was used to fill the cavities. A portion of the blood clot was extracted, and it is here depicted for visualization purposes (c).
