C-Kit Cardiac Progenitor Cell Based Cell Sheet Improves Vascularization and Attenuates Cardiac Remodeling following Myocardial Infarction in Rats

Figure 4

Morphometric evaluation of the ventricular in rats 14 days after myocardial infarction and cell sheet therapy. (a) Representative images of Mallory-stained cross sections of myocardium. Collagen fibers are stained blue and viable tissue stained purple. (b) Histograms summarizing quantitative data: infarct size, infarct wall thickness, transmurality and left ventricular expansion indices 14 days after infarction. Data is presented as meanSD. p<0.05 versus control.

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