Table 2.
Degree | Description |
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0 | Normal histological structure of the heart. |
1 | A slight loss of transverse striation was observed in individual cells. |
2 | Smaller groups of cells with a pronounced loss of transverse striation and the appearance of small vacuoles in the sarcoplasm. |
3 | A larger number of cells with a pronounced loss of transverse striation and the appearance of large vacuoles in the sarcoplasm. |
4 | Diffuse vacuolar degeneration of cardiomyocyte cytoplasm followed by vacuolar degeneration. |