Figure 6.
Representative PSR-stained rat MI and sham heart sections. 8 weeks after MI rat hearts displayed strong, segmental, left-ventricular fibrosis and myocardial atrophy (A). 8 weeks after sham procedure, control rats represented healthy hearts with normal collagen content (B). Stitched overviews. n = 3. Scale bars: 2500 μm. Abbreviations: See Fig. 1.