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Figure 3 Picrosirius red-stained sections from adult (A), middle-aged (B) and old (C) rabbit hearts, viewed with circularly polarized light, illustrating the age-related increase in myocardial collagen content. Thick collagen fibers appear yellow; thin fibers appear yellow-green; and myocytes are green and cross striated. Bar = 50 µm.