Biochemical and Ultrastructural Cardiac Changes Induced by High-Fat Diet in Female and Male Prepubertal Rabbits

Figure 5

Histology of the left ventricular heart of prepubertal male rabbits. Masson’s trichrome staining. Normal diet group (a, c, e) and high-fat diet group (b, d, f). Under the high-fat diet group, the vascular wall is more thick with disorganized nuclei (d, arrow); adipose tissue appears under the pericardium, surrounding the vessel, and between cardiomyocytes (b, d); spaces between cells are apparent with cardiomyocyte disorganization (f, arrows). Ad: adipocyte; CM: cardiomyocyte; Ep: epicardium; N: nucleus; Rb: red blood corpuscule; Vs: vessel.

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