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. 2021 Aug 16;8:718055. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.718055

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Histological characterization of infarcted hearts. (A) Photographs of rat hearts harvested 28 days after implantation. (B) Masson's trichrome staining of the heart transections of rats. (C–F) Immunohistochemical staining and quantitative analysis of Col1a1 to detect cardiac fibrosis of myocardial tissues. Left ventricle wall thickness (D) and collagen volume fraction (CVF%) (E) of infarcted area. Data are mean ± SEM from three independent experiments. **P < 0.01.