Assessment of Structural and Functional Abnormalities of the Myocardium and the Ascending Aorta in Fetus with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Figure 4

Histological abnormalities of left ventricular myocardium as compared with normal. Histological abnormalities from the LV myocardium of HLHS specimens presented with grade 3 fibrosis (a, b) compared to normal controls (c, d). Hematoxylin and eosin staining (a and c). Masson staining (b and d). Magnification ×10 (the bottom left of a, b, c, and d) and Magnification ×20 (the upper right of a, b, c, and d). HE: Hematoxylin and Eosin.

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