The Correlation of PPARα Activity and Cardiomyocyte Metabolism and Structure in Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy during Heart Failure Progression

Figure 2

Results of morphometric analyses in tissue section: (a) cardiomyocyte hypertrophy; (b) fibrosis; (c) PAS-positive area; results as mean ± SEM; versus control; ^# versus Group (I); versus Group (II); representative images of PAS-stained endomyocardial tissue sections from hearts with (d) LVEF 53–45%, (e) LVEF 41–30%, and (f) LVEF < 30%.

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