Hyaluronan and Collagen in Human Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Morphological Analysis

Figure 1

Serial sections from patients with HCM stained with HA-binding probe (a), hematoxylin-eosin (b), and for visualization of collagen I (c). The fibrotic “scars” (marked*) show weak or no HA staining (a) but abundant collagen I staining (c). The bar in C represents 500 μm.

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