Xiao-Qing-Long Tang Prevents Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy, Fibrosis, and the Development of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Faction in Rats by Modulating the Composition of the Gut Microbiota

Figure 1

Study design. The preparation of the microbiota (a) is described in Sections 3.1–3.6 and in the second paragraph of the Discussion. Fecal microbiota transplantation (b) is described in Sections 3.7 to 3.8 and in the third paragraph of the Discussion. The prepared gut microbiota was transplanted into the corresponding groups (c) as described in the Materials and Methods.

(a) Preparation of  microbiota

(b) Fecal microbiota transplantation

(c)