Research Article

LCZ696, an Angiotensin Receptor-Neprilysin Inhibitor, Improves Cardiac Hypertrophy and Fibrosis and Cardiac Lymphatic Remodeling in Transverse Aortic Constriction Model Mice

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LCZ696 inhibited cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis. (a) The morphologies of mouse hearts, from left to right: sham group, TAC group, TAC + LCZ696 group. (b) The ratio of heart weight to body weight (HW/BW). (c, d) The cardiac morphologies and cardiomyocytes were analyzed by hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining, separately, and examined under 20x and 400x magnification. (e) Cardiac fibrosis was measured by Masson trichrome staining and examined under 200x magnification. Data in (a)–(e) were obtained from six mice in each group. All data are expressed as the mean ± SD. vs. sham; vs. TAC.