FIGURE 2.

Myocardial damage and after severe ischemia-reperfusion injury. (A) Representative picture of myocardial slice; the dark area represents the remote area, white area represents infarcted myocardium. (B) Circulating levels of cardiac troponin 24 h after severe ischemia-reperfusion injury. No significant differences were observed between the different experimental groups. (C) Infarcted areas did not differ between treatment groups when expressed relative to measurements left ventricle (LV) at 8 weeks follow-up. (D) Infarct area as a fraction of LV endocardial surface area (ESA) was not different between treatment groups at 8 weeks follow-up. (E) Representative pictures of collagen content score 1, score 3, and score 5 after staining with Masson’s Trichrome, quantification showed no differences in interstitial fibrosis in the border zone region. Scale bar = 200 µm.