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Figure 2 (A) Hematoxylin-eosin staining of cross section of rat infarct scar from a control heart after eight weeks. Most of the anterior free wall is replaced with fibrous tissue. There are a few islands of viable myocytes in the subepicardium and around vessels in the subepicardium. The LV cavity is at the lower left. (B) phVEGF165 treated scar. The infarct is at the lower left (same orientation as ([A]). There is a broad-based mass protruding from the surface of the scar that contains numerous vascular structures as well as fibrous tissue.
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